Disaster declaration issued as Matanuska River threatens Butte

The Matanuska-Susitna Borough and Governor Bill Walker issued a disaster declaration Monday due to erosion and threat of flooding in the Butte area along the Matanuska River.
Mat-Su Borough spokesperson Patty Sullivan says this isn’t a case of high water, but of the direction of the river:
“That’s the concern is that the aim of the full brunt of the river is straight toward a riverbank,” Sullivan said. “In the past, it was parallel and, you know, you normally think