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🚗 Memaw’s Winter Commute: Cold Enough to Make Your Tires Cry

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By Gina Hill | Alaska Headline Living | January 2026 Good morning, sugar. When I say this cold makes tires cry, I am speaking from lived experience and a very real credit card charge. Two weeks ago today, in this same damned freeze, Memaw’s rig caught a flat back tire on Knik Goose Bay Road […]

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Memaw’s Winter Commute: Frostbite, Black Ice, and Bad Decisions

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By Gina Hill | Alaska Headline Living | January 2026 Memaw says it’s just cold enough to hurt your feelings. Unlike Juneau and Fairbanks, in Southcentral there is no snow to speak of, mostly bare, frozen ground and bitter cold. That winning combination is also wreaking havoc on sewage pipes in Wasilla proper. (That being […]

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Memaw’s New Year’s Day Deep Freeze Drive

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Dress like you’re goin’ to the North Pole, Alaska, where it is currently -39 below zero and counting, according to the weather folks. If that don’t make you grab another layer, I don’t know what will. By Gina Hill | Alaska Headline Living | January 2026 ☕️Hold onto your coffee, friends. This New Year’s Day drive is cold, […]

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