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Wasilla library to rename 'young adult' section amid questions over book challenge policy
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNov. 30—PALMER — The young adult fiction section of the Wasilla Public Library is expected to be temporarily relabeled "adult fiction" while librarians wait for direction on how to make decisions ...
Wasilla's only bookstore announced it would host a drag storytime event. An uproar followed.
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 30—WASILLA — In early April, Taylor Jordan wrote a cheerful Facebook post announcing an event at the Wasilla bookstore she owns, Black Birch Books and Curiosities. She added some emojis ...
New city council members elected as final Mat-Su voter results tallied
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 9—PALMER — Several incumbent city council members in Palmer, Wasilla and Houston lost their seats in unofficial local election results expected to be certified this week. Funding for a ...
Palmer voters OK millions for library in Mat-Su elections
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 6—PALMER — Palmer voters approved up to $10 million to rebuild their damaged public library, and a senior property tax exemption got wide support in Mat-Su local elections Tuesday. Houston ...
Removing flagged books from Palmer library shelves could violate patrons' civil rights, city...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFeb. 28—PALMER — Palmer city officials should not block users from accessing library books flagged by community members as controversial because doing so could be a civil rights violation, an ...
A winter roof collapse shut Palmer's library for months. The library just got an interim home and $5...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMay 29—PALMER — The longtime library in this small city founded as a New Deal farm colony abruptly closed in February. A partial roof collapse left the community without a home for not only ...
Mat-Su creates new challenged-book committee nominated by borough mayor
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 month agoApr. 3—PALMER — A new citizen committee will take over the review of challenged books in Matanuska-Susitna Borough library collections after the suspension of a prior committee amid chaotic ...
Mat-Su suspends challenged-book policy after meetings 'devolve into a shouting match and...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 3 months agoJan. 30—PALMER — A Matanuska-Susitna Borough library policy that allows residents to recommend books they want permanently pulled from shelves is on hold after a mid-January book reconsideration ...
There's only one store that recycles building materials in fast-growing Mat-Su. Now that store needs...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 25—WASILLA — Holly Thorssin pulled up to Matsu Valley Rebuild earlier this month to donate some building supplies left over from an addition at her home near Wasilla. The nonprofit store ...
No-cost community clinics in Anchorage and Wasilla aim to provide more access to physical therapy
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJan. 15—On a recent Saturday, Alec Kay stretched his knee into the air as he demonstrated how to do a hip-strengthening exercise he hoped would help resolve a patient's lingering pain. "Any ...