In Seward, the city emergency operations center is closing its doors Monday, although the center will reopen Tuesday morning. Brenda Ballou, deputy city clerk for the city of Seward, says some residents are relying on local water taxis to get around. Ballou says the city drinking water system remains intact.
Talkeetna residents plan to hold a community meeting Tuesday evening to determine what happens next after flooding swept the town last Friday. The Matanuska Susitna Borough Assembly meets tonight in emergency session to extend the disaster declaration that was issued on Sept. 20.
In the Mat- Su, all rivers are below flood stage except for the Skwentna, which is cresting, and officials are forecasting another two days before the Skwentna recedes.
Listen for the full story
APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
elockyer (at) alaskapublic (dot) org | 907.550.8446 | About Ellen
