Retiring teacher, coach urges Colony grads to ‘find their 68’
By Jeremiah Bartz Frontiersman.com A football coach using a hockey reference as the centerpiece for his keynote address may
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Quartz Creek Campground closed for tree removal
Wide-scale tree removal will begin this week in and near Quartz Creek Campground. Tree fallers and heavy equipment will
Local entrepreneurs to unveil new beetle based cookie on Sunday
By: Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com PALMER — There’s a new kind of cookie coming to the Valley, the Manna Cookie
Perception of Palmer
By Barbara Hunt Palmer Buzz A geographic definition of the greater Palmer area is personal; my definition is probably not
Spruce beetle outbreak will require all hands, all lands solutions
By Sen. Lisa Murkowski Spectrum Southcentral Alaska is experiencing a spruce bark beetle outbreak, the likes of which we have
Beware the tree-killing beetles
By Tom Brennan Voice for the times They’re baaack! Those rascally spruce bark beetles that nearly wiped out spruce
Growing spruce beetle populations spurs another officially recognized outbreak, hitting the Mat-Su Valley the hardest
By JACOB MANN Frontiersman.com WASILLA — Spruce beetles are only a quarter-inch long but in 2018, these tiny bugs
Alaska beetles survive unearthly temperatures
Ned Rozell As we pull on our winter coats to shield our tropical bodies from the cold, there is a
Spruce bark beetles a danger to Alaskan spruce trees
by KATIE STARK Frontiersman.com WASILLA — The Mat-Su Valley – particularly Meadow Lakes and the Houston area – has been experiencing
Deal properly with wind-damaged spruce
By Glen Holt Spectrum Thousands of trees blew down during last winter’s windstorms and heavy snows in the Interior