🌱 Guard crews rescue pilot after crash east of Palmer

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• Guard crews rescue pilot after crash east of Palmer

Also on today's calendar: Matanuska Community Farmers Market and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What has a tail, but no body? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy with afternoon rain, with a high of 57 and low of 46 degrees.
• Wednesday: On-and-off rain and drizzle, temps: high: 57, low: 45.
• Thursday: Some sun, then turning cloudy, with a high of 56 and low of 42 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Alaska Air National Guard responds to 2 plane crashes, rescues 2 pilots (alaska-native-news.com) — A small plane crashed about 20 miles east of Palmer on September 10, and Alaska Air National Guard crews airlifted the injured pilot to an Anchorage hospital. In a separate incident the same day, they also rescued a pilot after a crash near Skwentna, and officials are urging pilots around Palmer and statewide to maintain properly registered 406 MHz emergency locator transmitters.
   

📸 Around Palmer

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Palmer

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★ Featured events ★

Wednesday September 16
• Still Life Painting Class →
  Palmer
  12:30 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday September 16
• Matanuska Community Farmers Market →
  713 S Denali St, Palmer
  4:00 pm
• Quiet Company Book Club →
  Palmer AK
  6:00 pm
Thursday September 17
• Midweek Meet Up →
  Palmer AK
  3:00 pm
• Girls Freshman Volleyball vs Bartlett High School
  Wasilla High School, 701 E Bogard Rd, Wasilla
  4:00 pm
• Girls JV Flag Football @ North Pole High School
  Wasilla High School, 601 Nphs Blvd, North Pole
  4:30 pm
• Girls JV Volleyball vs Bartlett High School
  Wasilla High School, 701 E Bogard Rd, Wasilla
  5:00 pm
Friday September 18
• Artist Talk: Ruth Hulbert & Daniel Hughes →
  723 S Valley Way, Palmer
  6:00 pm
Saturday September 19
• Swiftie Sculpt, Sweat & Sip at the Barns →
  555 South Lower Road, Palmer
• Friends Book Sale →
  Palmer Senior Center, 1132 S Chugach St, Palmer
  10:00 am
• PYRAH'S PIONEER PEAK FARM 2026 Fall Harvest Festival Sept 19th →
  Pyrah's Pioneer Peak Farm, 4350 Bodenburg Loop, Palmer
  12:00 pm
Tuesday September 22
• The Ravens' Watch →
  Dr. Myron F. Babb Arboretum, 838 South Gulkana Street, Palmer

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💬 Chatter

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🗞 Nearby News

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• 1720 N Birdsell Dr #B, Wasilla, AK 99623 (zillow.com)
• The 10 Most Famous Singers from Alaska (singersroom.com)

Anchorage

• Seven Seas Tattoo Hosts Annual Semicolon Event in Anchorage (news-usa.today)
• Anchorage police shoot man accused of stealing truck, pointing handgun at officers (alaskapublic.org)
• Cruising Anchorage to Vancouver, on a Ship Small Enough to Slip Into Alaska's Quietest Harbors (latimes.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Coin (Thank you John W. for sending it in!)
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