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Credit Union 1 is Alaska's only state-chartered credit union, and anyone who lives or works in Alaska is eligible to join. [1] As of December 31, 2022, the credit union had $1.48 billion in assets, nearly 100,000 members and 12 branches throughout the state.
Wasilla (Dena'ina: Benteh [4]) is a city in Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska, United States, and the fourth-largest city in Alaska. It is located on the northern point of Cook Inlet in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley of the southcentral part of the state.
Global is a federally chartered, member-owned, not-for-profit financial cooperative with more than 100 branch offices and service locations throughout Alaska, Arizona's Maricopa County, California's San Bernardino County, Washington State, and Idaho's Kootenai County. As of October 2023, Global had $12.066 billion in assets and more than ...
Matanuska-Susitna Valley (/ m æ t ə ˈ n uː s k ə s uː ˈ s ɪ t n ə /; known locally as the Mat-Su or The Valley) is an area in Southcentral Alaska south of the Alaska Range about 35 miles (56 km) north of Anchorage, Alaska. [1] It is known for the world record sized cabbages and other vegetables displayed annually in Palmer at the ...
Alaska is larger than all but 18 sovereign nations (it is slightly larger than Iran but slightly smaller than Libya). Alaska is home to 3.5 million lakes of 20 acres (8.1 ha) or larger. [3] Marshlands and wetland permafrost cover 188,320 square miles (487,700 km 2) (mostly in northern, western and southwest flatlands).
The climate of Southcentral Alaska is subarctic. Temperatures range from an average high of 65 °F (18 °C) in July to an average low of 10 °F (−12 °C) in December. The hours of daylight per day vary from 20 hours in June and July to 6 hours in December and January. [3] The coastal areas consist of temperate rainforests and alder shrublands.
Finger Lake is a lake in Wasilla, Alaska.It is not technically a finger lake, but was named so by Captain Edward Glenn, who led an army expedition to Alaska in 1898 and felt that "when viewing the lake on a map, a point of land in the lake gives the impression of a finger."
The Wasilla Depot was built in 1917 in Wasilla, Alaska. It was designed and built by the Alaska Engineering Commission , a federal agency charged with building Alaska's railways. [ 2 ] The structure, located at the corner of Parks Highway and Main Street, was restored by the Lions Clubs and the Wasilla Chamber of Commerce.