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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‘It takes grit’: Palmer senior going to Notre Dame with full scholarship
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com WASILLA — Palmer High School senior Grace Straughn is graduating with a 4.2 GPA and
Local mother looking for support to continue providing medical supplies to community
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com PALMER — Tina Ervin is running out of room. She needs to expand her homegrown nonprofit
Palmer streets turn John Deere green for Drive Your Tractor to Work Day
By Tim Rockey Frontiersman.com PALMER — As 42 local farmers drove their noisy, slow moving tractors along two of Palmer’
Big Lake’s first librarian retires after 32 years, friends surprise her with ‘car parade’
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com BIG LAKE — Big Lake Library Director Jo Cassidy is retiring after 32 years of serving
Teachers see students for first time in over a month with motorcades
By Tim Rockey Frontiersman.com PALMER — On Friday, Palmer residents welcomed the minor disruption in traffic as over 100 staff
Wasilla and Palmer promoting annual cleanup days
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com WASILLA — Spring has officially sprung and now that all the snow has melted away, the
Chickaloon musician releases second single after winning national contest in 2019
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com WASILLA — Chickaloon musician Rhoda Grace won Rixon Entertainment Group’s national Sing Your Song contest
Friday Fling postponed until June
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com PALMER — One of Palmer’s most beloved spring and summer traditions has been postponed due
Mic drop: Grammy winning artists with Valley roots sound off against removal of books from Mat-Su School District curriculum
By Tim Rockey Frontiersman.com PALMER — When the Mat-Su Borough School Board voted 5-2 to pass an amendment
Wasilla High School senior accepted into highly competitive music program at Central Washington University
By Jacob Mann Frontiersman.com WASILLA — Wasilla High School class of 2020 member Greg DeArmond successfully made it into his
In country: Part I
By Budd Goodyear For the Frontiersman In his 1976 book, Coming into the Country, John McPhee captured Alaska. I came
I grew up in rural Alaska: Here’s my best advice for staying at home
By Rachel Butler For the Frontiersman When schools first closed in Seattle due to COVID-19 I thought being cooped