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A man harvests a whale carcass that washed ashore near Anchorage in late 2024
News

Wasilla museum turns to whale exhibit to drive visitors

May 18, 2026

The newly rebranded Museum of Alaska opens its summer season this week.

Kathi Baldwin walks on a trash-littered trail near Mat-Su College on May 11, 2026.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough

Windstorms, construction fuel spike in trash along Mat-Su greenbelt

May 15, 2026

Mat-Su landfill officials said they are working to control the spread of litter in the trail system.

A giant cabbage on display at the Alaska State Fair
Palmer

Alaska’s famously massive cabbages should be the official state vegetable, state House says

May 14, 2026

If approved in the Senate, the giant green cabbage would become one of the state's officials symbols.

A still from a Wasilla Police Department security camera shows an individual spraying bear spray from a window after driving a vehicle into the foray of the Wasilla Police Department
Wasilla

Video: Driver slams car into Wasilla Police headquarters

May 14, 2026

No one inside the building was injured by the crash, officials said.

Volunteers work to clear junk and trash during the annual Jonesville Public Use Area cleanup in May, 2025
Sutton

State closes part of Jonesville Public Use Area to shooting for cleanup day

May 13, 2026

The temporary closure is the first of its kind.

Deputy Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Superintendent Katie Gardner and Superintendent Randy Trani
Matansuka-Susitna Borough School District

Proposed Mat-Su armed teacher program could cost $700,000

May 13, 2026

Costs for the program include about $133,000 in startup fees.

Students from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough pose at the SkillsUSA competition
Matansuka-Susitna Borough School District

Mat-Su students turn career skills into championship medals

May 12, 2026

Local students find success at SkillsUSA state competitions.

A train caboose sits at Nunley Park in Wasilla
Wasilla

Nunley Park caboose heads for auction this summer

May 11, 2026

The caboose was brought into the city as part of a 1990's-era McDonald's marketing gimmick.

Glacier View Principal Wendy Taylor stands during her retirement celebration
Matansuka-Susitna Borough School District

As Glacier View School heads to closure, community honors longtime principal

May 08, 2026

Principal Wendy Taylor is scheduled to retire this year after serving 30 years at Glacier View as a teacher and administrator.

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