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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Gravel extraction tax is back before borough assembly; kennel license review board also proposed
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly is considering once again a tax on gravel extracted
Recognition of Southeast Alaska as a mining district
By Frank H. Murkowski Opinion Many Alaskans and folks Outside (including in Congress) do not realize that the Tongass National
Mat-Su’s Port MacKenzie gains recognition in two new reports
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Mat-Su’s Port MacKenzie has gotten recognition recently in two influential publications. One
$43.4 million federal grant awarded to mining project in western Mat-Su
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman The U.S. Department of War (formerly defense department) has made a $43.4
Military tests deployment using Mat-Su’s Port MacKenzie
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman It’s been a busy summer at Port MacKenzie, the Mat-Su Borough-owned
Alaska needs more power, not less
By Rep. George Rauscher Spectrum This past week I toured Terra Energy Corporation’s West Susitna coal project with Congressman
Donlin Gold project has fresh momentum; Mat-Su will be staging point for 315-mile gas pipeline built west to Kuskokwim River
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman A big project that will bring construction jobs and new industrial tax base to
U.S. House delegation visits Alaska this week, with focus on mining, timber and drilling
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Ten members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources are making
Australian minerals company begins test drilling for antimony at west end of proposed West Susitna road
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Australia-based Nova Minerals has begun exploration drilling on an antimony prospect at its
Fueled by trade tensions and foreign wars, a rush for an obscure mineral heats up in Alaska
By Max Graham, Northern Journal/Alaska Beacon Alaska hasn’t produced antimony — a shiny mineral used in weapons, flame retardants
Company planning 400 Megawatt power plant and coal mine near Skwentna asks support from borough
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Alaska companies are working on plans for a large coal mine and a 400
Could a push to expand winter trails boost a controversial mining road west of Anchorage?
By Max Graham Northern Journal The Denali Commission, a federal agency based in Anchorage, is known for funding mundane infrastructure