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• Alaska Railroad still dreams of commuter service from Valley

  January 20th, 2012
  Anchorage Daily News If there's ever going to be regular commuter rail service between the Matanuska Valley and Anchorage, trains are going to have to cover the distance in less time. Key to that is making tight curves straighter, but the expense of doing that is huge, ...

• Voting in Menard recall begins Monday

  January 21st, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman On Dec. 12, 2011, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman published an article that suggested the wording in the recall petition submitted by Conservative Patriots Group (CPG) Wasilla members was inaccurate and lacking in truthfulness.

• Developer in hot water over condos

  January 21st, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman WASILLA - A developer working on downtown Wasilla condos was hit with federal charges this past week for alleged fraud in dealing with his bank. According to a press release from the US Attorney's Office, Lee E. Baker Jr., 55, who owns all the stock of ...

• Questions still remain after confusing Wasilla shooting

  January 22nd, 2012
  Anchorage Daily News By LISA DEMER A confusing situation Saturday near Wasilla began when a couple reported a home invasion by armed individuals and ended with the man shot in the elbow, Alaska State Troopers said Sunday. But who shot the man and whether any outsiders in ...

• Warriors pin Colony Invite

  January 7th, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman PALMER — As Shawn Hayes sat in the seeding meeting, the longtime Wasilla head coach couldn't help be worried about Cook Inlet Conference power Service. The Cougars, who have spent the 2011-12 season battling the defending state champion Warriors for ...

• Around the Valley

  January 8th, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman Ma-Su Regional Hospice's annual "Gathering of Remembrance" is at 2 pm, Jan. 8 at the train depot in Palmer to remember friends and loved ones who have died and are especially missed during the holiday season. The names of loved ones cared for by Mat-Su ...

• Warriors bounce back to beat rival Moose

  January 8th, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman PALMER — Early in the first period, the Wasilla Warriors found themselves in familiar territory — trailing Palmer. But it took less than a minute for Warrior defenseman William Harren to help turn it all around. Harren sparked the Warriors, ...

• Wasilla preps for rare election

  January 12th, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman WASILLA - Early and absentee voting in the city's first recall election begins Jan. 23 ahead of the Feb. 7 vote set by Wasilla City Council. On the ballot is one question - "Shall Steve Menard be recalled from the office of Council Member? ...

• Break doesn't slow down WHS

  January 12th, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman WASILLA — After 19 days off, it'd be natural for the Wasilla Warriors to look rusty on Tuesday. But a three-week break didn't appear to slow the Warriors down. If anything, the hiatus may have made them even more ready to play. ...

• Defending state champs quickly fill void left by graduation

  January 16th, 2012
  Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman WASILLA — With the loss of three forwards to graduation last year, including 6-foot-5 all-state post Kelsey Cottle, it's natural to assume the Wasilla Warriors would sport a smaller look this season. But that's not the case for the defending state ...

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