It’s time for Page Two: News that might not make the front page for Wednesday November 12, 2025.
Dead Horse Donuts has been open for a month and they already have over 5,000 followers on Instagram. Yesterday at 9 a.m there were a line at the counter and several groups enjoying coffee and donuts in the back room.
That kind of success is unusual for a shop tucked away in a residential neighborhood near downtown Palmer. But owner Heather Greenwood’s artisan donuts attract a lot of attention.
These donuts, Greenwood says, “are definitely different from a grocery store” donut. The doughs, the glazes, the fillings, are all made from scratch. She uses mostly organic flour.
Some people experience “sticker shock,” she says when they first see the prices, but they come back when they realize how good they are.
“I think as soon as people are informed what goes into that, then they understand,” she says. “It might not be the donuts you buy every week to share, but you can definitely buy for yourself.”
She serves all the classic donut flavors, and she’s proud of the specialty flavors she periodically swaps in on the menu: Flavors like, Strawberry-Lavender, or Raspberry-Matcha.
Donut making is labor intensive. Greenwood starts baking at 10 o’clock at night. The shop opens at 7 a.m. the next day and stays open until they sell out.
For example, Greenwood was close to selling out for the day at 9:30 a.m. yesterday. It’s a good idea to pre-order your donuts by phone.
The success of Dead Horse Donuts didn’t just happen in a vacuum. Greenwood sold her specialty donuts out of a food truck until about four years ago.
Three thousand of her 5,000 followers on Instagram started following her when she had her food truck. The others have joined recently. She has customers from Anchorage, Eagle River—even Soldotna.
Dead Horse Donuts is open Tuesday through Friday from 7 a.m. until they sell out. There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony next Tuesday, November 18 at 9:00 a.m.
The Skeetawk annual membership meeting and premiere of the ski film Sno-City are at the Palmer depot tomorrow night. The member meeting starts at 5:30 p.m.
At 6:15 p.m. the doors open to the public. See Skeetawk.com for information and tickets.
Alson tomorrow, Schaefer Miller plays at the Palmer ale house from 6 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Here are two Friday events:
Palmer women business owners tell their stories at “Her” Story in business at the Palmer Depot from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tickets are $25. Palmer museum members are free. More info is at palmermuseum.org
The Trees of The Valley event and 10-year celebration of the Glen Massay Theater starts at 5:00 p.m. This free event includes voting on holiday trees from local businesses, music by the Mat-Su Concert Band, and the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas. More info is at glennmassaytheater.com.
Alaska Red Cross Regional Director of Communications Taylar Sausen talks about ongoing recovery efforts after immediate needs from Typhon Halong have been met on Valley Edition this Friday at 5:00 p.m. repeating on Saturday at noon on Big Cabbage Radio.
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That’s it for today and the news on Page Two on Wednesday November 12, 2025.