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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New state money could narrow Mat-Su’s $28 million school budget deficit, but a lot is uncertain
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman The state Legislature is advancing bills that would put substantial new funding into schools
Assembly turns down school district request for funds to keep three schools open; school district deficit goes to $28 million
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman The failure of the Mat-Su Borough assembly to fund a special $6.1
Mat-Su Borough Assembly adopts FY27 budget; areawide mill rate decreases
Frontiersman.com The Matanuska-Susitna Borough Assembly adopted the borough’s fiscal year 2027 budget May 7, approving a total
Mat-Su School Board discusses preliminary $22.5M deficit budget
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Last week, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) Superintendent Dr. Randy Trani presented his proposed
After historic education funding increase, some Alaska lawmakers aim to boost the BSA again
By Corrine Smith Alaska Beacon Alaska lawmakers introduced new legislation in the House of Representatives that would raise the state’
The One Big Beautiful Bill is making your tax filing season less taxing
By Thomas Aiello National Taxpayers Union January 26 marked the start of tax filing season, and 140 million taxpayers are
New Mat-Su Metropolitan Planning Organization calls for nominations for transportation projects
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Mat-Su Valley Planning and Transportation, a nonprofit that is the operating arm of
New SNAP Requirements begin Feb 1.
Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com For the nearly 71,000 Alaskans who currently receive monthly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits,
Alaska must meet requirements of new federal health funding or risk losing it, Murkowski warns
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman State officials said they expect some money from Alaska’s new $272 million federal
Alaska revenue forecast predicts more oil, but its importance to the state budget is declining
By James Brooks Alaska Beacon Though the state of Alaska is anticipating more oil production in the fiscal year that
Governor releases budget
By Katie Stavick Frontiersman.com Gov. Mike Dunleavy released the proposed Fiscal Year 2027 (July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027)
School board, assembly get peek at next year’s school funding with $22 million deficit
By Tim Bradner For the Frontiersman Members of Mat-Su’s assembly and its school district board met jointly last