The Matanuska-Susitna Borough is asking the federal government to cut off the entirety of its federal debt after failing to create a ferry connecting the borough to Anchorage.

Human remains discovered earlier this month in Wasilla have been identified as those of 18-year-old Ataja Banks, an Anchorage woman who went missing in November 2023, Alaska State Troopers say.

Akiak has been without power since an outage around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, according to those living there.