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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Vaccines across the lifespan
By Michelle Rountree In this last of our three-part series on vaccines, we would like to address the vaccines
Community immunity as a social contract against disease
By Michelle A. Rountree and Deborah Geidosh Membership in community organizations is dropping and people are seeing each other less
Vaccines, wellness and our world today
Editor’s note: This is the first in a three part series exploring vaccines in today’s world. Vaccines are
Hygiene before quarantine: fighting Ebola fear
By Stuart Thompson It doesn’t help anyone to participate in media-enabled hysteria about Ebola. In the face of
What does the flu have to do with Ebola?
By Michelle Rountree If you watch TV, read the paper or listen to people while standing in line at your
Ratcliffs win ‘Race to Vaccinate’
Margarita and Willie Ratcliff and their daughter Ionna are the winners of a stuffed husky with a collar autographed by
Participants needed for ‘Living Well Alaska’ classes
MAT-SU — “Living Well Alaska: Better Choices Better Health” is a six-week workshop designed for people with all kinds
‘Living Well Alaska: Better Choices Better Health’ workshop offered
“Living Well Alaska: Better Choices Better Health” workshop is planned at 1 p.m., Tuesdays at Mat-Su Senior Services,
Many health benefits will come from alcohol tax
By Elizabeth Ripley Spectrum On Oct. 1, Mat-Su Borough voters will be asked to approve Proposition B-1 to
Results are in from ‘Mat-Su Community Health Needs Assessment’
MAT-SU — A survey of 526 people in the Mat-Su Borough identified the community’s five biggest health challenges.
Tips offered for ‘Protect Groundwater Day’
MAT-SU — The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation announced that Sept. 10 was “Protect Your Groundwater Day.” “In Alaska, about
Matthew Paul Nelson
Matthew Paul Nelson, 55, died Aug. 16, 2013. He was born Nov. 26, 1957, in Columbus, Ga. He received his