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Wacky Wednesday: The July 4th Edition

Last weekend was the July 4th holiday. Independence Day was on Saturday. And there was a full moon on Sunday, July 5th. Despite many activities being cancelled, there was plenty of celebrating in the Mat-Su Valley. The weather was perfect (sunny and hot) for days and days only breaking today…

Wacky Wednesday: The Bachelor Edition

This week’s “best and worst” of social media round up features just one story because it was so awesome. “The Bachelor” saga took place on two different Facebook groups this past week and immediately garnered the attention of hundreds of fans. The story started out on the “Hiking in Alaska”…

Governor Mike Dunleavy’s mother was a Union & Democratic Party political powerhouse in Scranton, PA

Rose Dunleavy, the late mother of Governor Mike Dunleavy, was a political powerhouse in Democratic and Union politics in Scranton, Pennsylvania during the 1970s and 1980’s. Mike Dunleavy (who is a resident of Wasilla in the Mat-Su Valley) has described his parents, Edward and Rose, as pro-Union, FDR Democrats. Edward…

Hipster Hangouts in the Mat-Su: A Guide

There has been a marked upswing of hipsters here in the Mat-Su Valley lately. It could be that there is an influx of hipsters from the lower 48 or perhaps there are more “homegrown” Alaskan hipsters…or maybe (more likely) it is a mixture of both. The Matsu Muckraker first started…

Senator Mike Shower the F-22 Raptor Pilot

Senator Mike Shower represents District E (Wasilla) in the Alaska State Senate. He is an Air Force veteran and currently works as a pilot for FedEx. Originally appointed to the State Senate by Gov Walker in January, 2018, to fill the vacancy created when Mike Dunleavy resigned to focus on…

Menard Family Troubles Continue

Robert Menard, a 1981 graduate of Wasilla High School and one of the five children of prominent Valley politicians, the (late) Curtis D. Menard, Sr. and Linda Menard, has been charged with multiple criminal felony charges involving how he handled money at his law firm located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The…

Palmer City Council member Sabrena Combs hosts a “Love, Sex, and Relationship Advice” podcast with Jeff Landfield

Jeff Landfield, the owner and publisher of the website The Alaska Landmine, hosts a regular podcast called “Landmine Radio.” He interviews all sorts of politicians and government leaders for his podcast. The Landmine website and podcast can be very good – when Jeff is not making everything about himself (which…

Big Borough Bear

This Grizzly Bear display was donated to the Mat-Su Borough by recently retired MSB Port Director Charles Marc Van Dongen.  It was set up last week in the lobby of the Dorothy J. Swanda Office building.  Previously, it was on display at the Port building down at Point MacKenzie.