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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Thank you Gov. Walker, for expanding health for more Alaskans
By Elizabeth Ripley Governor Bill Walker’s announcement on Thursday about Medicaid expansion is great news for Alaskans! This will
An open letter to the Valley on homelessness
By Gini King-Taylor If you hear the word “homelessness” and you think “Anchorage,” think again. Did you know, right
We have a responsibility to foster children
By Rep. Les Gara and Amanda Metivier Alaskans are caring and generous. We should agree we can’t avoid our
Strong families, strong middle class
By Mike Wenstrup After a long and very expensive election, many of us would like to forget about politics and
Aging, aspiration, and activism
Charles D. Hayes If you are getting on in years and facing the reality that time is running out, you
A Labor Day tribute to Job Corps
By Thomas E. Perez Fifty years ago, President Lyndon Johnson made good on his promise of a “War on Poverty”
Contraceptive use benefits children
By Barbara McDaniel In a recent commentary released to Alaska media about oil taxes, 11 female Alaska state legislators claimed
Summer food program for kids begins May 21
Frontiersman.com Food4Kids, a program of Mat-Su Food Bank, is pleased be a sponsor of the Summer Food Service
Local Scouting food drive is underway
MAT-SU — Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will fan out across the Mat-Su Borough from 10 a.m. to
Summer Food Service Program seeks groups to operate meals programs
MAT-SU — The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development’s Child Nutrition Programs unit is looking for school districts,
Health foundation seeks applications for ‘Healthy Impact’ grants
Frontiersman.com Frontiersman.com WASILLA — Mat-Su Health Foundation is seeking applications from eligible nonprofit organizations for its Healthy Impact
Rotary Club of Wasilla and MyHouse unite to combat youth homelessness
WASILLA — The Rotary Club of Wasilla has inked a three-year commitment to help the newly established nonprofit MyHouse creatively