Want to learn how to write a riddle? Just ask Mike Thaler. Known as “America’s Riddle King,” Thaler recently shared his process with Eagle River Elementary students. The notable author of more than 200 children’s books spent April 17 at the school, putting on two assemblies, signing books and visiting classrooms.

Hi there, it’s that time of the week again. This week’s column is going to be really interesting as I am planning to try to cover the religions and foods that are unique in Malaysia.

Chugiak High has a top-notch music department — and it has the hardware to prove it. Chugiak won the Choral, Instrumental and Overall Sweepstakes trophies — the competition’s top honors — at the Heritage Music Festival, which featured 19 schools from six states, in San Francisco on April 13.

After running Eagle River High’s boys soccer program for its first four years, Eric Dearborn is starting is second stint with the Wolves. The opportunity for Dearborn to reassume the head coaching duties came after Max Solodkii took a job in Atlanta after coaching varsity for one season.

An Eagle Academy Charter School sixth-grader won the 2013 Alaska State Spelling Bee on Friday, March 1 at the Alaska Center for the Performing Arts in Anchorage.