S.J. Komarnitsky

Alaska wildlife officials have cited a Talkeetna area man who shot a sow and three cubs this month at his home. Don Tanner, 59, disputes the charges and, in an interview Monday, called them "frivolous."

A Palmer high school principal has dropped a lawsuit over a fake MySpace page created in her name after two students confessed to designing it.

Two weekends ago, a Talkeetna-area man woke up to a sow and three cubs breaking into his cabin. He ended up blasting all four, including a 250-pound bruin he shot from inches away as it pushed through his back door.

The Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce has no immediate plans to replace executive director Cheryl Metiva.

A recent School Board decision to once again make custodians district employees is being criticized by some board members who say it will result in dirtier schools and likely end up costing more than has been budgeted.

A man killed by a train this weekend while trying to save his dog was identified Monday as Bret P. Miller, 42, of Anchorage. Man and dog both died after being hit by a passenger train near Montana Creek north of Wasilla.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Tuesday afternoon it would close an array of Parks Highway streams and the Little Susitna River to king salmon anglers beginning 6 a.m. Friday.

Two Frank Adamses showed up in a Palmer courtroom Friday to be sentenced. Both are killers.

The Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce board has voted to keep on an executive director who had been under fire because of questions about spending. Cheryl Metiva had been on paid leave since May.

Robert Hall has long dominated the blow-'em-up business with his Houston fireworks stands. Now he has a lock on the main roadside Southcentral market thanks to a new city law that limits the number of stands in the Mat-Su town and gives Hall a monopoly.

For 45 years, Verna Euwer, the owner of Children's House preschool and day care in Palmer has played second mom to enough Valley tots to populate a small town. But this month, barring someone stepping forward to take it over, she plans to shutter her business, a Palmer institution started in 1964.

Last month the Mat-Su School Board moved toward ending its outsourcing of custodians. But that changed last week after board members were confronted with district estimates showing it could cost an extra $1.7 million to do the work in house.

The Deshka River, one of the Valley's most popular king salmon fishing streams, will be off limits to king fishing starting Saturday for the rest of the season because of poor returns.

Academy Charter, one of about a half-dozen charter schools in the Mat-Su, is looking to expand its land base by having the borough buy 20 acres adjoining its site in Palmer. But the idea is facing opposition from some School Board members.

As much as they'd like answers quickly, the new members of the Greater Wasilla Chamber of Commerce's Board of Directors aren't likely to lay to rest soon questions swirling about the group's finances.