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Man killed in Parks Highway car-semi crash near Willow

Man killed in Parks Highway car-semi crash near Willow

An Alaska State Trooper K-9 Unit SUV in Anchorage. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media)

A Fairbanks man was killed in a collision that closed the Parks Highway near Willow for hours Wednesday afternoon.

Alaska State Troopers said in an online dispatch that 36-year-old Kyle Moody was driving a Honda Civic that crossed the center line and hit a semi-truck with a trailer near Mile 77.5 of the Parks shortly before 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Moody was ejected from his vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene. His fami ... Read more

Drifted snow prompts disaster declaration in Palmer

PALMER, Alaska (KTUU) - The city of Palmer declared a local disaster on Dec. 23 due to drifts from the feet of snow that fell recently in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.

The declaration was signed by Palmer Mayor Steve Carrington and Mana ... Read more

Rose Marie "Tiny" DePriest

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News of those who serve 12/28/22

Service men and women

Cody C. Alt, Sgt., Sgt. U.S. Marine Corps, Motor Transport Maintenance Chief, Combat Logistics Company 16, stationed in Yuma, Arizona. He is the son of Duane and Dawn Alt, and Carla Alt, all of Prairie du Sac. He is ... Read more

Thomas “Allen” Lewis

In summer 2020, The New York Times coordinated a nationwide project to document the lives of Americans out of work because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study involved collaborating with 11 other local newsrooms around the U.S. The Messenger-Inquirer was the only newspaper from Kentucky in the collaboration. The resulting collection of stories was published Oct. 23, 2020, in the New York Times print edition and at nytimes.com/outofwork. The following list is the Messenger-Inquirer's local unemployment coverage from that time period; read more b ... Read more

Wasilla resident converts bus into shelter for valley homele

WASILLA, Alaska (KTUU) - The windstorm that picked up over the holiday weekend served as a stark reminder that the weather in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough can be brutal, especially for those experiencing homelessness. With resources stretched thin i ... Read more

Over 44,000 Acres of Critical Bristol Bay Habitat Permanentl

Conservation easements on Pedro Bay Corporation land safeguard cultural, ecological and subsistence resources and block construction of Pebble Mine transportation route

PEDRO BAY — Last week — Last week Th ... Read more

Satellite Yards Enable Ritchie Bros.' Largest Pacific NW Auc

Ritchie Bros. conducted its largest auction ever in the Pacific Northwest, selling 3,700-plus items from five locations in one online auction and generating more than $50 million in gross transaction value.

The Dec. 21, 2022, event attra ... Read more