49 posts
October 09, 2026
PALMER — Hundreds of Mat-Su residents turned out for two Mat-Su Sentinel candidate forums this week that gave voters a chance to meet state and borough candidates — and gave candidates a chance to hear directly from residents through live audience polling. Rather than asking candidates to debate one another
October 08, 2026
The event is scheduled for Tuesday at the Menard.
September 25, 2026
More than 50 people attended the nonpartisan election event.
September 14, 2026
Join Mat-Su Sentinel to meet candidates for Mat-Su area State House and Senate candidates and borough Assembly and School Board candidates.
August 30, 2026
The annual Best of the Valley contest will shift from the busy fall season to spring.
August 05, 2026
Mat-Su Sentinel editor and founder Amy Bushatz broke with news coverage norms and testified at an Assembly meeting Tuesday.
July 10, 2026
Warming rivers and the uncanny ability of northern pike to navigate saltwater have enabled the freshwater invaders to lay siege to Southcentral Alaska’s salmon and trout.
June 01, 2026
MEETING NOTICE: MatSu Planning for Transportation (MVP) MPO Technical Committee The MVP for Transportation Technical Committee will hold its monthly meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, June 16, via Microsoft Teams. Meeting links, the agenda, meeting packet and additional information are available at www.mvpmpo.com. Meeting ID:
May 29, 2026
The Palmer judicial district has the highest numbers of civil and criminal caseloads in the state.
