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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Being prepared for disaster easier than ever
By Larry Wood Remember the civil defense shelters with the cans of World War II crackers and water? I remember
Spilled oil? Want trust? Be transparent!
By Mark Swanson As seen in the BP Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico last year and in
Concerned about a community divided
By Alys Culhane On Sept. 8, some 160 residents belonging to the Buffalo Mine Soapstone community gathered at the Mat-
Homelessness, double trouble and hope
By Michael P. Carson The speaker introduced himself as a recovering alcoholic, an addict. He added that he had been
Fear mongering, obstructionism have gone too far
By Daniel Grota What is with the GOP these days? None of their candidates really have that edge. That spark
‘Facts’ are ‘facts,’ but what’s the truth?
Recently, the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman presented the laudable request for civil discussion of the topic of coal mining in
Faux vets raise soldier’s ire
By Ben Compton Eventually, you’re bound to run into one of them. They don’t realize how much they
Proposition 2 good for Valley growth
All local elections have significance, whether electing local government/board representatives, or deciding various funding issues that impact current and/
Dispatches from Afghanistan tell the story through a soldier’s eyes
By Larry Wood I follow Michael Yon’s dispatches from Afghanistan. Michael is writing about the war, just as he
Word-nerd father helps son build ‘spectacular’ vocabulary
By Andrew Wellner When we borrowed a pickup and trailer for a move this summer, my boy, like most his
Good riddance to ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
By Daniel Grota This week was historic for the men and women who serve in the U.S. armed forces.
Unlined leach ponds would sit atop Castle Mountain Fault
By Bonnie Zirkle Our family knows all to well the financial loss of destroyed property from mining, the contamination of