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
Disasters
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Understanding local government emergency powers
By Christian Hartley Now You Know When you hear that the Mat-Su Borough has declared a state of emergency,
Murkowski leads Senate passage of landslides, earthquakes reauthorizations
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Alaska is no stranger to the danger posed by natural disasters—earthquakes, snowstorms, tsunamis, and
High winds and low snow equals high fire danger
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com While the calendar says it is winter, and the single-digit and sub-zero temperatures
Here we go again-High Wind advisory extended until tomorrow
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Like a guest that won’t leave, the high winds simply refuse to leave the
American Red Cross closes emergency shelter in Mat-Su
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Now that the winds have calmed, power has been restored to nearly everyone, and clean-
MSB, governor declare windstorm a disaster, activating state recovery programs
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com The Matanuska-Susitna Borough (MSB) and Governor Mike Dunleavy have declared a disaster following the
It’s ba-aack: High wind watch set for the Southcentral this weekend
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Just when people were picking up the last of the debris and returning to life
Mat-Su battered by hurricane-force windstorm
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Borough-cane. Just a Little Windy. 6-7 Windstorm. Call it what you will, but
Day 3 of Windstorm-High Wind Warning Extended Until Tuesday
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com 1:00 p.m. Update-Just as everyone was looking forward to the winds dying
Thanksgiving Day Earthquake rattles Mat-Su
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com People all across Southcentral Alaska awoke to shaking and rattling on Thanksgiving morning as a
Alaska Organized Militia builds on historic evacuation as focus turns to community sustainment
By Seth LaCount Alaska National Guard Public Affairs JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – The Alaska Organized Militia continues coordinated response operations
MEA sends electric transformers to help restore power in storm-damaged Kipnuk
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Matanuska Electric Association has shipped 70 electrical transformers to Kipnuk, the storm-battered community