Mat-Su Safety Alerts

Preparedness Events and Tests

• 🔥 REVIVE Training: Free Community REVIVE Training scheduled for Thursday, April 9, 2026.
• 🔥 Emergency Alert...

Gear up for emergencies with this free community REVIVE training:

• Happening Thurs., April 9, 2026 – key for response readiness
• Ties into weather...

Flood risks escalate in Mat-Su: River overflowed near Butte last year, wrecking revetments and threatening Old Glenn Highway.

• Borough officials...

• Statewide EAS test scheduled for April 2, 2026 to confirm functionality and practice activation.
• City of Alexandria shares how to set up weather...

Wildfire Preparedness

• 🔥 Fire Season Nearing: Fire season starts statutorily April 1st requiring burn permits on state and private lands in...

• State crews tackled Lynx Lake fuel reduction in Mat-Su this winter, thinning trees/brush and creating fuel breaks near communities.
• Fire season...

Early flood alert: Above-average snowpack and ice thickness heighten breakup flooding risks for Interior, Yukon, Tanana, and lower Kuskokwim Rivers.
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Bitter cold grips South Central, with Mat-Su facing severe wind chills:

• Palmer at 16° below; Talkeetna ~3° below; single digits or lower...

Palmer Food Bank's new 5,300 sq ft facility triples space with waiting area, bathroom, and expanded storage—drawing double the daily customers for...

Emerging flood threat from rapidly expanding glacial lakes in Alaska:

• GLOFs trigger catastrophic floods via ice dam failures or landslides, surging...

Essential for Mat-Su drivers:

• Live interactive map tracks Palmer road conditions and traffic flow
• Covers delays, accidents, traffic jams
• Includes construction and closures to avoid hazards

Locals, get input on safer roads from Parks Hwy to Palmer-Wasilla Hwy:

• Open House No. 2: Tuesday, March 24, 2026, 4-6pm (presentation 4:30pm) at...

Child safety alert for Wasilla: Jason Boggs, 29, arrested Tuesday for sexually abusing a minor over several months, confirmed by DNA evidence from...

Student health at risk: Board pushes to reexamine cutting half the school nurses, citing sicker kids needing on-site medical staff.

• Wasilla-area...

Mat-Su recidivism alert: A 22-year-old Wasilla man, convicted of shooting his mother and brother in 2016, pleaded not guilty to murdering an Anchorage...

Brace for the chill: High pressure brings sunnier skies to Mat-Su Valley this week, but colder-than-average temperatures are pushing in.

• Warmer...

Wasilla Murder Indictment and SWAT Arrest

• 🔥 Ian Millard Charged in Ataja Banks Death: A Palmer grand jury indicted Wasilla resident Ian...

Major break in long-unsolved case: Palmer Grand Jury indicted 22-year-old Ian Millard of Wasilla Thursday for second-degree murder, manslaughter, and...

Alaskan FBI arrests alleged offender, causing an international child sex enterprise to begin crumbling. Vital alert for Mat-Su parents: heighten vigilance against child exploitation networks.

Court Convictions

• 🔥 Wasilla Officer Shooting: A Palmer jury convicted Patrick Marrs of attempted murder and assault charges for shooting a...