Amy Bushatz
HostAmy Bushatz is an experienced journalist based in Palmer, Alaska. Originally from Santa Cruz, California, she and her family moved to Palmer sight-unseen from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to pursue a consistent, outdoor-focused lifestyle after her husband left active duty Army service.
Since moving to Palmer, Amy has built a lifestyle and expertise around spending time outdoors as she connects with outdoor-minded Alaskans while writing and podcasting about local news and outdoor issues. An ultrarunner and ridge running enthusiast, Amy can often be found exploring public lands around the Valley, road running on local bike paths, snowboarding at Skeetawk, cross-country skiing in Hatcher Pass, ice skating (poorly) on Mat-Su lakes, paddleboarding or kayaking with her family, and camping out of her ugly van.
You can hear Humans Outside, her podcast about building an outdoor-centric lifestyle wherever you get your podcasts or read her local news reporting on the new nonprofit news website Mat-Su Sentinel at MatSuSentinel.com.
Amy is one of several hosts for Outdoor Explorer.
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Eagle River residents and military veterans Justin and Wella Jay share some of those insights in a moving conversation about the magic of the trail and supporting someone you love as they take on a big adventure. -
Contract negotiations between the union and the bus company ended Thursday without an agreement. -
The Mat-Su assessment office received 421 formal appeals this year, up from 148 filed last year. -
The veto override allows borough staff to support a private company's efforts to attract a data center or other high-energy-use facility to build in Mat-Su. -
The Palmer Food Bank hands out groceries four days a week and never turns away clients, officials said. -
Kahn said he resigned due to personal issues and time constraints. Lewis said he resigned to give the city a fresh start as Khan stepped down. -
The temporary speed zone is meant to improve safety near businesses and a school just off the highway. -
Mayor Edna DeVries has vetoed an assembly resolution backing a data center or other large energy consumption project. -
The list of proposed cuts will go before the Mat-Su school board for a vote March 16. -
The 85-foot balloon journeyed over Mat-Su neighborhoods as its owners ran a series of test flights.
