February-Issue-2 2012

Joyce Little has been the face of advertising in Eagle River and in this newspaper for decades.

A public meeting will be held Thursday, Feb. 23 at Mirror Lake Middle School to discuss the potential closure of the deteriorating Eklutna River Bridge.

Debbie Ossiander is sill waiting on the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Eagle River’s girls bowling team finished the prep season in second place in the Anchorage Scholastic Bowling League, while the Wolves’ boys wound up tied for second but finished third on the tiebreaker.

“For there is no respect of persons with God.” — Romans 2:11

On Saturday Jan. 28, a new Lions Club was born.

Just a little more than two years after Chugiak was founded in 1947, the residents realized that school would very soon become a major problem.

For nearly two months, Alexa Heald has been practicing for the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest.

As it turns out, the rugged terrain surrounding Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is actually a pretty good double for Afghanistan.

If a movie is cheesy and knows it’s cheesy — if it embraces the soft, gooey texture and pungent aroma of its own fromage — does that make it any more palatable as a meal?

In our weekly forays we’ve covered embarrassing moments in the Great Outdoors, bungles and blunders, low-pitched humming sounds and even unusual objects that have fallen from the sky.