TONIGHT: Wasilla City Council to hear rationale on why library places sexualized books in teen section
TODAY: Wasilla City Council to hear rationale by library director on policy of placing sexualized books in teen
Conservative majority appears restored on Palmer City Council, Sullivan-Leonard Stu Graham win in Wasilla
One year after narrowly losing its conservative 4-3 majority, the Palmer City Council appears to be headed back into conservative control. Four candidates were running for two seats with a 4-3 liberal majority in the balance. By the end of election day on
Empowering voters: Who are the principled Mat-Su conservatives running for political office?
In an effort to clearly identify the strongest conservative candidates for local office in the Mat-Su, the Alaska Watchman sent a survey to everyone running for seats in Palmer, Wasilla and the Mat-Su Borough. Our survey focused on some of the most important
Wasilla mayoral race headed to a run-off
No candidate for mayor of Wasilla earned the needed 40% of votes to win outright so the race is headed to an Oct. 27 runoff. Doug Holler earned the most votes with 238 (38.6%), followed by Glenda Ledford with 210 (34%) and Stuart Graham with 166 (26.9%).
Wasilla mayoral race separated by 28 votes with more to be tallied
As of election night, the race for Wasilla mayor had Doug Holler with a 28-vote lead over Glenda Ledford. Absentee ballots will be counted on Friday, Oct. 9. As things stand, however, Holler has 41.4% of the vote. He needs to win at least 40% of the final