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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The 85-foot balloon journeyed over Mat-Su neighborhoods as its owners ran a series of test flights. -
Parents and students are expected to flood Mat-Su public meetings this week to protest proposed school funding cuts. -
Photographer Jeff Schultz has built a career in Alaska capturing stirring images of the state’s wildlife, outdoor spaces, and the people, drama and dogs of the Iditarod. -
The walk out starts four days before students head out for more than a week of spring break. -
The proposed closures will impact about 650 students. -
The update changes how city residents get help with animal issues, including lost pets. -
Contract negotiations between workers and Durham School Services stalled last month over issues including wages, training and health check requirements. -
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.
