(Palmer, AK) – On July 30, 2024, after a five-day trial, a Palmer jury found 72-year-old John Barton guilty of one count of Perjury and two counts of Voter Misconduct in the First Degree. The convictions relate to a 2022 Matanuska-Susitna Borough election. Testimony at trial showed Barton went to two different polling places during […]
Learn to preserve meat, fish, fruits and vegetables by canning using a pressure canner, pickling, and drying in a series of in-person workshops in Palmer. Julie Cascio, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will teach the classes, which cost $20 apiece. On Thursday, July 18, from 1-5 […]
(Palmer, AK) – A jury in Palmer has convicted Martin Saccheus of Murder in the Second Degree for the 2019 death of his girlfriend, Mingnuna Miller. On November 8, 2019, Palmer police officers responded to a motel in Palmer regarding a woman who was not breathing. Life saving measures were not successful and an autopsy […]
Alaska State Troopers were alerted to a vehicle theft late Tuesday night by a caller in Palmer’s Winterwood Circle and responded to the scene to investigate. That investigation bore no initial fruit. But, following that 11:25 pm call, the caller contacted troopers again at 1:20 am Wednesday morning and informed them that the late-night burglar […]