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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Alaska is ready for Erin’s Law
By David Holthouse When I was a little boy growing up in Anchorage, I knew just what to do if
Strong families, strong middle class
By Mike Wenstrup After a long and very expensive election, many of us would like to forget about politics and
Childhood trauma has long-term impacts
Whether children are sexually abused or exposed to domestic violence between family members, the long-term impacts to their well-
Contraceptive use benefits children
By Barbara McDaniel In a recent commentary released to Alaska media about oil taxes, 11 female Alaska state legislators claimed
Placing children with family could be the difference between jail, graduation
By Amanda Metivier There are more than 2,000 children and youth in foster care throughout the state of Alaska.
Politicians should understand economic value of education
By Reps. Les Gara and Harriet Drummond Alaska parents understand better than anyone when their children’s opportunity to succeed
Should same-sex marriage be legalized?
Spectrum By Art carney Social problems are nothing new, and in the early days of man they were probably solved
Explaining the 53 percent
By Judy Gette Spectrum October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. If you have driven into Palmer lately and noticed a
Results are in from ‘Mat-Su Community Health Needs Assessment’
MAT-SU — A survey of 526 people in the Mat-Su Borough identified the community’s five biggest health challenges.
Stand up to support children and education
By Ron Fuhrer Spectrum As a new school year begins, parents and students are focused on new school schedules, extracurricular
Summertime can be fun and educational
By Adam W. Mokelke Spectrum As we head into summer vacation, good educators are crying the age-old lament of
Children learn continuously: What will we teach them?
By Gov. Sean Parnell Choose Respect As governor, I have a rare privilege of meeting many wonderful Alaskans from across