Ready to play ball

When Lee Jordan looks at Chugiak’s Loretta French Field, he doesn’t see a diamond buried under two feet of snow, but a field of Alaska Baseball League dreams.

BY MATT TUNSETH

Parakeets fly out of animal shelter

Bird lovers wasted no time rescuing more than two dozen parakeets seized last month from an Eagle River home.

BY ZAZ HOLLANDER

ER residents help out in rural Africa

A group of three Alaskans and six Iowans have been working since Feb. 8 to bring more clean water to the remote village of Old Fangak, S. Sudan.

BY MIKE DONAHEY Times-Republican (Marshalltown, Iowa)

Taekwondo elite

Moriah Martin is truly taekwondo elite.

BY MIKE NESPER

Meeting scheduled to discuss Eklutna River Bridge

A public meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 23 at Mirror Lake Middle School to discuss the potential closure of the deteriorating Eklutna River Bridge.

BY MIKE NESPER

PNZ still working on land use code

Debbie Ossiander is sill waiting on the Planning and Zoning Commission.

BY MIKE NESPER

Eagle River Valley residents urge caution

Just how many moose are finding their way onto car bumpers in the Eagle River Valley?

BY MATT TUNSETH

Production company favors film incentives

The Alaska filming of the upcoming Hollywood film “Big Miracle” included $7.7 million in spending on goods and services with 80 different businesses throughout the state, according to Bob Crockett and Deborah Schildt, who want to see Alaska continue to benefit from film industry revenue.

BY MIKE NESPER, Chugiak-Eagle River Star

Community councils seek more involvement

The six local community councils all have the same problem.

BY MIKE NESPER, Chugiak-Eagle River Star

Methane to megawatts

Alaska’s first landfill gas power plant is slated to fire up this year near Eagle River.

BY ZAZ HOLLANDER, For the Star

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POLICE BRIEFS

Anchorage police responding to a drug-related call at Aztecs Sports Bar & Grill in Eagle River on the afternoon of Jan. 19 discovered a man passed out in a booth with a marijuana pipe in one hand and a Bic lighter in the other.

Legislators address military budget cuts

Alaskans who are concerned at the recent pattern of news regarding the future size and structure of the military presence in our state should be reassured that their legislative leaders are working together to address it.

By Rep. Dan Saddler and Rep. Steve Thompson

Reflecting on a job well done

Joyce Little has been the face of advertising in Eagle River and in this newspaper for decades.

BY LEE LESCHPER

EDITORIAL: Alaskans take a lot of pride in our toughness

We were reminded of that the other day when a longtime area resident remarked that it had finally warmed up enough outside for her to enjoy coffee on her front porch for the first time in a month.

Check your smoke detectors.

Back to work

Project Homeless volunteer says thanks

Student doesn’t want music cut

Road response inadequate

Indiana student seeks Alaska info

Sportsmanship alive and well in Chugiak-Eagle River