Economy
Mat-Su showing job gains The Matanuska-Susitna Borough gained jobs from 2015 to 2018, at a time when most communities in the state lost employment, according to data from the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Mat-Su employment was up 3.4 percent during that period, or 769 jobs. Most of the gains were in health care and social assistance. Anchorage lost 6,084 jobs in the same years, and the statewide employment loss was 12,700.