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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Williams named Volunteer of the Year
PALMER — Longtime Valley resident and volunteer Ola Williams was honored at last week’s Greater Palmer Chamber of Commerce meeting
IF YOU BUILD IT …
By K.T. McKee Frontiersman PALMER — Tabitha Stevenson, Dawn Magera and Mary Beall may live on opposite ends of the
Derby Winner
ROBERT DeBERRY/Frontiersman Some 200 participants dropped lines into Big Lake Saturday for the first Big Lake Ice Fishing Derby,
Hurley to celebrate 90th birthday Sunday
Alaskans are invited to celebrate Katie Hurley’s 90th birthday from 2 to 6 p.m., March 27 at the
Call of ice too much for some fishermen to resist
By GREG JOHNSON Frontiersman BIG LAKE — Even the NCAA Basketball Tournament couldn’t lure some of the Valley’s most
Nordic Ski is subject of poster contest
The Mat-Su Borough is seeking paintings, drawing, photographs or inspirational views from borough artists depicting the Nordic Ski Trails
Peek at the Past
Here’s what made news in the Mat-Su 27 years ago, from the March 22, 1984, issue of the
ACAT offers net zero energy workshop
The Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology, 4701 Begich Circle, Wasilla, is offering a workshop in Wasilla from 7 to 9
Lab or Lhaso, what’s the best friend for you?
By Karen Procter Watching Velvet and Snickers lead John Baker’s team to the burled arch in Nome on Tuesday
Fashion statement
BY ANDREW WELLNER Frontiersman For a couple hours Saturday, budding young designers will show off their creations at the Train
In the field
Wasilla resident Master Sgt. Tom Bradley, supervisor of the 176th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Electrical Section, shows a junior member
FINAL FAREWELL
By K.T. McKEE Frontiersman PALMER — Buttercup came into their lives 12 years ago as a feral cat on a