PRESS RELEASE - 

Melissa Rigas has been appointed manager for the Charter College campus in Wasilla, where she is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the campus, including admissions, financial aid, academics, student success, career services and community outreach.

Contributed by Charice Chambers - 

Linda Berget’s mind always runs to color, fabric and dolls.

Contributed by Wes Keller - 

Justice is meaningless without a good standard (law) and an impartial judicial branch. Alaska has problems on both fronts! 

Contributed by Carmen Summerfield -

Did you ever want to see yourself as others see you?

Contributed by Major Mike Dryden, USAR Retired - 

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was the most unrecognized disorder for returning Vietnam veterans, as well as for the veterans of all previous wars.

Contributed by Mike Dryden, Wasilla City Councilmember - 

Fall is in the air - snow is moving down the mountains, your moose is in your freezer or still in your dreams (wait until next year) and the City/Borough election is history. 

Contributed by Eddie Ezelle, MatSu Food Bank - 

It seems we are heading into a busy fall. 

Contributed by Vic Kohring - 

“If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed.”

Contributed by Tracy Smith, Animal Care Dispatcher at Mat-Su Borough Animal Shelter - 

Denali is thought to be about 3 years old.

Contributed by Tracy Smith, Animal Care Dispatcher at Mat-Su Borough Animal Shelter - 

Bella will only be adopted to a home with no other dogs. 

PRESS RELEASE - 

Recently, Richard Baum, Acting Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), announced 719 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program grants totaling $89 million.

PRESS RELEASE - 

Mat-Su Sertoma Club is pleased to announce that they are offering one full scholarship to attend a 2018 summer camp that provides programs to deaf or hard-of-hearing youth.

Contributed by Tom Stearns, WASI Chaplain - 

Veterans Day is an official United States public holiday, observed annually on November 11th, which honors military veterans; that is, people who served in the United States armed forces. 

Contributed by Lucas A. Fisher - 

When the two reached the next room, a strange feeling washed over them.

Contributed by Kelleigh Orthmann, M.S., Clear Creek Cat Rescue - 

Luna is a gorgeous, calico girl with a flag tail and such pretty colors. 

Contributed by David Eastman - 

Something broke in Alaska over the course of this past year, and it won't be as easy to fix as a window. Our state government broke faith with the people of Alaska.

Contributed by Larissa Peltier - 

The air was sweet with spring. Next to the cottage was a building that housed Riven’s carpentry tools.

Contributed by Patti Fisher, The Plastic Bag Committee - 

The Plastic Bag Committee has been talking a lot about plastic bags for the last year - the hazards of single-use plastic bags to the environment and the ugliness they cause in our beautiful valley. 

Contributed by Dori Cranmore, All About Herbs - 

One of the earliest evidence of honey harvesting is on a rock painting in Valencia, Spain dating back 8,000 years.