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School board accepts fresh fruit and veggie grant, rejects alternative school coalition, refugee grant
Among the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) school board agenda items voted on during the November 20 meeting ...
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AST investigates social media ‘threats’ by high school students
Over the weekend of Nov. 17, Alaska State Troopers (AST) received a report of a social media post that contained content ...
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Robbing Peter to Pay Paul’s Social Security benefits cannot last forever
Back in the 1980s, the last time that Congress was able to agree on changes to Social Security, U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick ...
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Grab your pocketbooks. Energy costs will rise
It will cost more, maybe a lot more, to heat and light your home in a few years. That’s because natural gas production is ...
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Girls’ hockey, community the ultimate winner in the 3rd Annual Guns-n-Hoses Hockey Charity Game
On Saturday, the ice rink at the Menard Memorial Sports Center in Wasilla was commandeered for an epic showdown. One in which ...
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Off the Grid: Self-reliance a long-established virtue for Mat-Su residents
Kevin McCabe and Jim Sykes. You couldn’t find two people so different politically – McCabe, now in the state House, leans ...
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The Fulness of Times
A friend of mine recently preached a sermon in his church in which he presented the idea that Christians might be looking at ...
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The Palmer empty chair and extra plate
This is an annual Palmer Thanksgiving tradition which is simple but meaningful. Set a symbolic empty chair and place-setting ...
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Host Knights second at Colony Invite; Warriors win Kodiak tourney
The host Colony Knights finished as the overall runner-up during the Colony Invitational wrestling tournament Saturday at ...
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From Thanksgiving leftovers to new creations
The perennial question of what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers has sparked many a home chef’s creativity. The versatility ...
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New year, new start-Spring enrollment underway at Mat-Su College
Though there is fresh snow on the ground and holiday shopping to do, it isn’t too early to think about the upcoming college ...
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Lighting up America – Why Chris Wright should be welcomed, not spurned
Access to affordable and reliable energy is central to a flourishing society. Everything we do, from waking up in the morning, to going to work, to enjoying time with our ...