Palmer’s Museum of History and Art hosted 30,000 visitors and 406 tour buses last year to showcase the community’s rich ...

Memorial Day Weekend was filled with a variety of events in Willow. From live music to chaga-infused tea and pig roasts, a ...

The Susitna Valley Emergency Preparedness Fair will be held at the Willow Community Center on Saturday May 30 from 11 a.m. to ...

Palmer’s city council has fired the first shot at a proposed Matanuska-Susitna Borough areawide sales tax that may appear on the borough’s municipal sales tax ballot in November.

August would have been the start of my 25th year as an editor at the Frontiersman. But today — May 29, 2026 — is my final day with this newspaper. And today is also the day the final print edition of ...

As the notes of “Pomp and Circumstance” echoed through the Menard Sports Complex on May 19, a unique group of high school seniors were marching to their graduation carrying more ...

WPD has identified the suspect as 41-year-old Thomas Desalvo, of Wasilla. Desalvo was taken into custody at the scene after being cleared by medics, and has been remanded to Mat-Su Pretrial Facility, ...

Brightly colored leis, food, music, and an outpouring of community pride took over Larson Elementary School on May 19 as generations of students, staff, and families came together for one last, ...

A California man who acted as the leader for an Alaska drug trafficking organization with a drug den in Wasilla was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for his role in the illegal enterprise.

WPD reports that Desalvo entered the parking lot from the north, sped past the building, bypassed the southern concrete barriers, and drove across the lawn, ultimately crashing into the front arctic ...

Friday Fling returns to downtown Palmer this week and will continue through the summer. Every week brings different vendors, a variety of food trucks and live music performances from local artists.

Sophomore Molly O’Neill scored the lone goal to lead the Wasilla Warriors to a 1-0 girls soccer win over Colony Tuesday evening. Lainey Kroon recorded the assist on the play. Larkynn Miner earned the ...