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Oct 6, 2021

Early Election Day results roll in for local city races

MAT-SU — Early Election Day results were posted on Tuesday night, but the final winners of city Council seats in Houston, Palmer and Wasilla are yet to be determined with

Cole Carter, Lance Wilson and Mike Adams lead city of Houston council races with 136 ballots cast today and another 34 still to be counted.

Steve Carrington and Pamela Melin lead in early results from 390 ballots cast today, but 319 early, absentee by mail, questioned and special needs ballots are yet to be counted.

Polls close in Houston, Palmer and Wasilla in just 30 minutes! Stay tuned to Frontiersman.com for early election results as soon as they are posted!

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Tune in to the Mat-Su Borough Mayoral forum tomorrow at noon, which will be streamed on the Frontiersman Facebook page! Election Day for Borough voters is November 2, and be sure to watch for candidate questionnaires which will print on October 17.

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Election Day for city council seats in Houston, Palmer and Wasilla is October 5 and early voting has already begun! Read the candidates’ responses to our questionnaires below or in the Sunday Frontiersman. frontiersman.com/news/2021-elec frontiersman.com/news/2021-elec frontiersman.com/news/2021-elec

2021 Election: Wasilla City Council

The city of Wasilla opened early voting on Sept. 20 for the Wasilla City Council elections. There are two seats available with four candidates running for Council. Of the four

Sep 23, 2021

“That virus will kill you whether you think it will or not, said Ledford. “I’ll tell them anything they want to know about my experience with it or whatever and if I can help save one person then I’ve done my job.”

Wasilla mayor recovered from COVID-19 infection

WASILLA — Wasilla Mayor Glenda Ledford has recovered from a COVID-19 infection, feeling healthy and in good spirits thanks to the previous degree of immunity achieved from being fully vaccinated

Sep 21, 2021

The Palmer City Council candidate forum will be simulcast on the Frontiersman Facebook page and on Frontiersman.com tonight at 6 p.m. Join us at the Daniel M. Contini fire station in person or tune in to the live broadcast tonight at 6!

Sep 16, 2021

City Council stories from this week: frontiersman.com/news/palmer-to frontiersman.com/news/wasilla-r

Palmer to conduct two separate open meetings act violation investigations

PALMER — The Palmer City Council will conduct two investigations on whether the Open Meetings Act was violated by members of the council following two separate incidences. The Council met

Palmer council to investigate alleged open meetings violations

Sep 11, 2021

The Alaska Statutes pertaining to open meetings are 44.62.310-312 and can be found here: touchngo.com/lglcntr/akstat

Best and DeVries claim to have witnessed incriminating screenshots from the group, but did not specify any policy that had been enacted as a result of the alleged OMA violations.

The investigation comes less than a month before two members of the council are up for re-election, while Mayor Edna DeVries has filed to run for Borough Mayor in November.

The investigation was called for by a member of the public earlier this month, which prompted Councilman Richard Best moved to direct the city manager to conduct at the August 24 meeting following an executive session that was not open to the public. There was no vote taken.

The City Manager signed a contract with Keene & Currall P.P.C., out of Ketchikan to conduct the investigation, pending council approval of IM 21-005 which is currently part of the consent agenda.

The Palmer city council will investigate if members of the council committed any violations within the Facebook group Mat-Su Moms for Social Justice, though two other groups currently have greater than three council members.

PALMER — The Palmer City Council agenda for the Sept. 14 meeting features an Informational Memorandum directing an investigation of whether or not members of the council violated the Open

Mat-Su Regional shatters record high for COVID-19 patients

MAT-SU — Mat-Su Regional Medical Center reached a new high for COVID-19 positive patients this week, and 42.1 % of all hospitalized patients at the 135-bed facility have tested positive

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Assemblymen McKee, Sumner, Tew voted in support while Hale joined Deputy Mayor Boeve and Assemblywoman Nowers voting in opposition.

Mat-Su Borough Assemblyman Mokie Tew’s Resolution 21-091 to allow a $10 fee for “level pickup trucks” to dump trash at the Central Landfill and transfer sites fails 3-4. Mayor Vern Halter voted ‘no’ to break a 3-3 tie vote with Assemblyman Rob Yundt absent.

“Honestly for me the worst point in the pandemic is where we’re at right now. I never wanted to see our hospitals where they are right now and it’s not a good place, and we really need every Alaskan to help us pull forward and protect each other,” said

Out of 9 total speakers, 7 were in favor of masks.

Each of the first 5 people to speak have asked for more masks in schools.

There are over 50 people in attendance at the

@MSBSD

School Board meeting.

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Aug 31, 2021

Proud to welcome a fourth Alaskan to our roster as former

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officially joins our

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Troopers reported that the motorcyclist was spotted carrying a handgun during the pursuit that turned out to be a full-sized BB gun.

Police pursuit ends in Wasilla man's death

WASILLA — Both Wasilla and Palmer Police Departments were involved in an officer involved shooting on Thursday night following a pursuit that began in Palmer and culminated in Wasilla with

Mat-Su Regional battles Delta variant surge

WASILLA — Between July 9 and July 12, Mat-Su Regional Medical Center did not have any covid positive patients. Just six weeks later, the MSRMC Intensive Care Unit of 14