Matanuska-Susitna Borough Mayor Edna DeVries, left, and Assistant Borough Clerk Estelle Wiese listen to debate during a regular Assembly meeting on Dec. 16, 2026. (Photo by Amy Bushatz/Mat-Su Sentinel)
PALMER — The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly this week voted to indefinitely delay a resolution that would have allowed formal talks with a group seeking to annex the Chugiak-Eagle River area into the Mat-Su Borough.
The resolution would have authorized the borough to enter into official “discussions and considerations” with Chugiak and Eagle River residents who want to separate from the Municipality of Anchorage and instead join Mat-Su…