Mat-Su Valley Blog

The Veterans Wall of Honor is located at Mile 35.5 Parks Hwy., next to the Visitor Center. The summer unofficially kicks off with a long holiday weekend, but don't forget about the reason of the day off - Memorial Day, a time when we honor and pay tribute to those who have given the ultimate...

We've been having an unusually awesome spring, and that paved the way to get the raft out earlier than most other springs I can remember. Last weekend, we loaded it up and headed to Willow Creek to get our first float trip of the season in, and we surely weren't disappointed. With spectacular views...

Mother's Day is always a special time, but one local organization takes it a step further - the Musk Ox Farm in Palmer uses Mother's Day as a way to celebrate the new arrival of the calves, which are incredibly cute and cuddly. It also kicks off the farm's summer season. The musk ox are prehistoric...