Stories start in many different ways. This one started with an email and ended with a phone call, weeks into an unexpected and surreal public health pandemic that’s forcing people ac…

In Palmer Alaska (and elsewhere) our days are running together. Without the structure of school, sports, church, meetings, parties, and work, we don’t really know which day of the we…

Can you even imagine, back in January or February, if someone told you that our world would be totally shut down in Mid-March—would you have believed them? The viral threat has drama…

Palmer is on Pause. It’s a little bit weird. It’s a little bit disconcerting. But it seems like a necessity in these strange times. It seems odd to not shake hands with people or go …

It’s been a long, long, long time since the Anchorage area has had the kind of musical starpower that’s rolling in this St. Practice Day weekend.

Despite all of the world’s chaos, Palmer’s favorite dog statue stands strong and firm at the corner of South Valley Way and Elmwood Avenue in front of the Palmer Visitor’s Center and…

This is a time of wonderment, which appears on clear days, only during the period of twilight — either at dawn or at dusk. It is the short time when our sun is still far enough below…

Hi, my name is Jacob Mann. I cover the art beat for the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. More accurately, I cover every beat, same with and my coworker and editor. That’s how it goes with…

PALMER — The Mat-Su Concert Band is inviting the public to their Mid-Winter Concert called “From Past to Present.”

Public bulletin boards are such an “old school” thing but it still functions in Palmer. There are a variety of public bulletin boards, which remain around town. They are comforting r…

For the last dozen years Randy Houser has been a regular atop the country music billboards and for the third time next weekend, the singer-songwriter who’s been praised as one of the…

PALMER — Devon Shaw, better known as D the Lyricist, is entering the next phase of his longtime vision for a more united and more promoted music scene in the Valley and across the state.

As Chicago the Musical rolls into Anchorage, playing each night through Sunday to packed houses at Atwood Hall it will be a homecoming a long time in coming for one of the cast’s stars.

WASILLA — Mat-Su Sertoma’s annual Mat-Su Polar Plunge is Saturday at Everett’s.

So many Palmer people came out to the Palmer Community Train Depot on Sunday afternoon to celebrate Helen Woodings’ 90th Birthday. Helen is an active member of Palmer and is a fierce…