As the filing deadline approached Friday to run in the special election to fill Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, the field got crowded, with current and former lawmakers, former Gov. Sarah Palin and others jumping in.
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PALMER â Newly hired Palmer Fire and Rescue Chief Chad Cameron made a splashy arrival on Tuesday as he and Palmer firefighters sprayed a hose over a liner of plastic on the lawn of the Palmer Pioneer Home which has frozen into a community ice sheet. At a meeting of the Mat-Su Borough Assembly on Dec. 1, Department of Emergency Services Director Ken Barkley gave praise to Cameron entering as the new Chief of Palmer Fire and Rescue. Cameron replaces John McNutt as Chief.
âOne of the reasons I accepted the position here was because I knew there was a lot of good quality people here that really had a lot of community spirit,â said Cameron. âPalmer always felt like home.â
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PALMER â After the demolition of Houston Middle School began on Monday morning, the Mat-Su Borough School District School Board and Mat-Su Borough Assembly met in a joint meeting to discuss design plans, funding and the schedule for building the school. Contractors have 60 days to complete demolition and remove all debris and Borough Project Manager Jeff Walden said the next cost assessment would arrive in mid-January. The total estimated cost of the rebuild is approximately $32 million.
âThat gave us a total of $27.4 million to start with this program. At this point, we have expended or encumbered the $848,000 for demo and $3.2 million for the total design,â said Mat-Su Borough Finance Director Cheyenne Heindel. âSo right now for funding that is available that we have on hand we have $23.3 million.â