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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Their stories — A 2010 retrospective of memorable features and people
By GREG JOHNSON Frontiersman Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part series looking back at memorable
Santa Cop delivers hot meals, gifts to 110 Valley seniors
BY ANDREW WELLNER Frontiersman PALMER — Another Christmas went off without a hitch for the Santa Cop program. Investigator Donna Anthony
Carbon Crew
By K.T. McKee Frontiersman WASILLA — When it comes to promoting a smaller carbon footprint on the earth, a group
Alvin S. and Gloria M. Okeson endow scholarship
University of Alaska Anchorage, Matanuska-Susitna College campus is pleased to announce that Alvin S. and Gloria M. Okeson have
REINDEER GAMES
BY ANDREW WELLNER Frontiersman BUTTE — By the time you read this, Santa’s reindeer should be cooling their hooves at
People we know
• Wasilla resident Bill Hess was honored with a Blogger’s Choice Award for the “Best Photography Blog of 2010.” His
Peek at the Past
Here’s what made the news in the Dec. 21, 1972, edition of the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman. Lake pollution
Knights of Columbus Award
Palmer Alaska Knights of Columbus Council, St. Michael’s Council No. 11816, received the Youth Activity Award at the Alaska
Patriot Flag flies over Alaska
The Patriot Flag flew in Anchorage over the Fallen Firefighters Memorial on Dec. 21. Firefighters from Anchorage Fire Department Station
They've got it covered
Leah Beauvais and Katelyn Lindsey present principal Amy Spargo of Wasilla Middle School with a school quilt made by Girl
Wheels of Hope
By K.T. McKee Frontiersman PALMER — William Lawler didn’t want to risk breaking down in his ’94 Ford Explorer
Valley Arts
Artist Francine Long and her painting titled ‘The Horses,’ at lower right of the frame. Long’s painting was chosen