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 asleep at the switch on natural gas
By Bill Walker I am perplexed by the lack of industry acknowledgement of Alaska’s vast resources of natural gas.
Heating equipment can cause fire
By Christian Hartley Fireplaces are special animals. In addition to annual chimney inspection and an annual chimney cleaning as a
Soulless e-newspapers and disembodied books
By Daniel Grota Community newspapers are the lifeblood of the small town. How else could we find out about the
Education can learn a lot from its own history
By Daniel Hamm Why is our public education system flailing in the world and what is the solution? We’re
Men must act to stop domestic violence
By Donn A. Bennice In an Oct. 8 Anchorage Daily News article headlined “Intervene to protect children from abuse,” Gov.
Life comes full-circle for longtime publisher
There have been many changes to the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman the past 14 years, and yet another occurs today
MASCOT is a lifeline
By Rosemary Vavrin One afternoon I stepped off the MASCOT bus with six packages and the driver helped me put
Of technology and ‘progress,’ from a dinosaur’s view
By Ben Compton So I’m a dinosaur. A relic. A fossil. Call me whatever you want, but yes, I’
We’ve come a long way in the past 18 years
By Patricia Wade I attended our monthly staff meeting on Oct. 5 where our Housing Director gave an overview of
A mission worth supporting
By Carl Rose It’s a proud day when Alaska makes a policy statement such as that found in our
Wall Street protests: What’s all the hubbub about?
By Daniel Grota It started Sept. 17 under the banner of “Occupy Wall Street” in New York City. The protesters
Bury me with my Buck knife
Somebody recently pointed out that I never leave the house without my Buck knife snapped inside its leather sheath on