Amy Bushatz
Host Outdoor ExplorerAmy 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.
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Superintendent Randy Trani cited spending data from Galena, Illinois, instead of Galena, Alaska. -
Hear from AddieAnn Randall, a teenage musher and future Iditarod hopeful whose family runs the Rock on Racing kennel in Caswell. She shares the basics of mushing, how she trains and what she sees and experiences out on the trail. -
The proposal would have impacted a broad array of library materials that depict sexual acts. -
Officials say they plan to use the survey results to shape the district's spending plan. -
The update would have removed all business parking rules from the city's downtown area. -
Margaret Merritt spent a career steeped in exploration and adventure throughout Alaska as she details in her new book. -
Hear from race director Heidi Quinn about her newly launched company Black Wolf Endurance, expanding the sport to more individuals across our state and what is so special about runners and racing in Mat-Su. -
The annual assessments will be used to calculate tax rates this spring. -
The repayment agreement should close the book on the costly, unfinished Susitna ferry project. -
The strike would be the second such walkout in three years.
