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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Education budget process needs repair
Each year, the Mat-Su Borough School District is first among many to roll out its proposed budget. And each
In celebration of borough’s tall tower rules
With so much happening every day in Mat-Su, it can be hard to keep up with all the news.
Legal marijuana arrives quietly, but still work to do
This editorial originally appeared in the Wednesday edition of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Marijuana became legal across Alaska on
Talk of prison closure concerning
We listened with great interest this week to a meeting an Alaska House of Representatives subcommittee held to discuss changes
Prison system is rotten
We refer to the department that runs our prison system as the Department of Corrections. That word, “corrections,” is chosen
Charter schools need a clean process
We’ve been around long enough to see at least a couple of charter schools get off the ground. The
Spreading the word about aviation safety
Midair collisions are about the most terrifying type of aviation accidents, elucidating as they do the inherent danger of air
What about Iditarod 2016, 2017, 2018 and beyond?
What some predicted — and maybe even feared — became official Wednesday evening. With a unanimous vote, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog
Informed public worth the meager cost
This editorial originally appeared in the Friday edition of the Juneau Empire. Newspapers exist because people need an independent, third-
Opinion pages not for sale
The average person can’t spend thousands of dollars to hire an advertising or marketing firm to get their idea
Glenn Massay Theater marks Valley milestone
We weren’t expecting what we found when we walked into the Glenn Massay Theater at Mat-Su College for
Government not as bad as some say
In our neck of the woods, the word “government” is often used in a negative context. We get it. Government