 01/28/10 In a surprise action during the Jan. 11 meeting, the Matanuska Electric Association Board of Directors unanimously approved hiring interim general manager Joe Griffith as the permanent general manager for the member owned utility. The hiring is pending contract approval.
01/28/10 Chugiak-Eagle River's legislative delegation got a jump on Tuesday's start to the legislative session by pre-filing bills to address child abuse and neglect to protecting personal-use fishing.
01/28/10 The Spring 2010 semester of art classes begins this week at Alaska Fine Arts Academy in Eagle River. Classes are available for children and adults, and range from painting to sculpting.
01/28/10 U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick ruled Jan. 13 that former Eagle River Representative and Speaker of the House Pete Kott received a fair trial in 2007 on corruption charges.
01/28/10 More than 100 athletes, handlers, fans and dogs took part in the 2010 Chugiak Dog Mushers Association Businessperson's Race Saturday on the Beach Lake sled dog trails.
01/28/10 It's big news that Bill Harley is coming to Chugiak-Eagle River's library for a free performance.
01/28/10 George Handel's "Water Music Air" welcomed guests wearing their Sunday best Jan. 12 at the Chugiak-Eagle River Senior Center. The dining room tables were covered with neatly pressed linen tablecloths, set with fine-china tea settings and sparkling crystal.
01/28/10 Willow's Bill Kornmuller overcame a 34-second deficit following first-day action of the Eagle River Classic, with a spectacular second-day run to win the Eagle River Classic Open Class dog race Sunday at the Beach Lake Trails.
 01/28/10 State Sen. Fred Dyson is back at work in the Capitol today after being hospitalized Wednesday.
 01/21/10 Donald Bardole of the Army Corps of Engineers adjusts a viewing scope for bald eagle observers in Victory Park in Keokuk. Personnel from the Lee County Conservation Board, the Iowa and Illinois DNRs, and the Army Corps of Engineers assisted observers in Victory Park and at Hubinger Landing.
 01/20/10 Tim Burke leads world biathlon standings, and several other Americans may break through at Vancouver Winter Games as never before.
01/15/10 When Miami's P.J. Hardwick told his friends he was heading to the Last Frontier, most expressed a measure of disbelief.
01/14/10 Despite playing well enough to win, the Eagle River High School boys basketball team fell to visiting East High Jan. 5 by just three points. The 66-63 loss was the team's first home game of the 2010 conference schedule.
01/14/10 The Lady Wolves basketball team came up empty in four attempts this week for the team's first victory of the season, with a home loss to East, then three defeats during the Grace Christian Classic.
01/14/10 The southbound lanes of the Glenn Highway were closed for several hours Jan. 7 as the Anchorage Police Department and Chugiak Volunteer Fire Department responded to an accident that resulted in the death of Anchorage resident Robert Marvin.
01/14/10 A drunken driver from Eagle River managed to elude 12 Anchorage Police Department officers from Mountain View to Eagle River, before being stopped Jan. 6 on Artillery Road.
01/14/10 January 14 is a special day in the history of the Alaska Star. The first edition of the Chugiak-Eagle River Star was published 39 years ago today, and founder and former publisher Lee Jordan recently sat on the couch of his Birchwood home looking over a copy of that first paper while recalling some of the history the paper has recorded.
01/14/10 Protect the Permanent Fund, build the Knik Arm Bridge, fix the roads, fund a pet project, do something about oil and gas and make the state a better place in which to live.
 01/14/10 When Mark Orme first worked at the Targhee National Forest in St. Anthony in 1981, timber sale maps were drawn by hand from aerial photos, and acreages were calculated using a dot overlay counts.
 12/23/09 Kirill Klippel gets released from a halfway house, in just a few hours. | 
