Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media
Anne Hillman is the healthy communities editor at Alaska Public Media and a host of Hometown, Alaska. Reach her at ahillman@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Anne here.
Lawmakers move $13M from education to oil & gas tax credits
State lawmakers cut education funding in the proposed budgets by nearly $13 million Tuesday night. They moved the money into the oil and gas tax credit fund. Download Audio
Community in Unity: Fostering Our Future
A record number of kids are currently in Alaska's Foster Care System. Caseworkers are overloaded. Families and kids are frustrated. But it's not all bad news. Communities are around the state are developing solutions to both support families who are involved with the system and prevent kids from going into foster care in the first place.
One couple, two tales of immigration
Stereotypes about Mexican immigrants in the United States abound, but everyone has a unique situation. This is the tale of one couple with two very different stories. Download Audio
Alaskan storyteller charged with sexual abuse of a minor
A celebrated storyteller is facing felony charges for allegedly having sex with an underage boy. Forty-three year old Jack Dalton is charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the second degree and attempted sexual abuse. KTUU originally reported the case. Download Audio
Challenges and joys of crafting a Yup’ik ballot
The state’s Division of Elections is required to translate ballots and create an elections glossary in six dialects of Yu’pik and also Gwich’in. Those are the terms of a lawsuit settled last year by Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott. But as Alaska Public Media’s Anne Hillman learned – that process isn’t easy. Download Audio
Paramo selected as new Anchorage Schools superintendent
Deena Paramo, the current superintendent at the Mat-Su Borough School District, is chosen to lead the state's largest school district.
Supporting families on both sides of foster care
Foster care doesn't just impact kids. It changes the lives of entire families -- and foster families. So how do we support both those who lose their children and those who take them in? We'll talk about supporting the foster care system on the next Talk of Alaska statewide. Download Audio
AK: Protecting a village
Kwigillingok is preventing kids from entering foster care by intervening with families before abuse starts. Meet their Child Protection Team. Download Audio
49 Voices: Antonio Prescott of Wasilla
This week we’re hearing from Antonio Prescott and inmate at Mackenzie Correctional Farm outside Wasilla. Antonio manages the chicken house, which supplies eggs for Alaska’s correctional system. Download Audio
Supporting foster kids and those who take them in
Foster care doesn't just impact kids. It changes the lives of entire families and foster families. So how do we support both those who lose their children and those who take them in?
APRN: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
Preventing child neglect through social networks
A new community organization is building support networks through churches to help families in crisis before child abuse has a chance to start. Download Audio
Reuniting families with community support
Many children in foster care will go back to their parents, so maintaining the bond between them is necessary. But sometimes that takes a little community support. Download Audio
Changing what it means to be a foster parent
Foster kids who don't feel like they belong act out. The solution? Foster parents are working harder to make kids into family. Download Audio
Number of foster kids at record high, caseworkers overloaded
Nearly 3,000 kids are in foster care in Alaska. The system is overburdened. The first of five parts looks at what's going on at the Office of Children's Services. Download Audio
Correctional farm saves money, redirects lives
Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm in Wasilla produces food for prisons around the state and donates thousands of pounds of produce to the Food Bank. But some say the most important thing is helping the inmates find direction. Download Audio
‘Justice Beyond Borders’ highlights stories of local immigrants
One man who grew up in Alaska but was undocumented as a child was barred from returning home from Russia for seven years. Download Audio
GCI cable repaired, services restored
Crews worked throughout the night to splice 550 threads.
GCI fiber optic cut causes outages across the state
A severed fiber optic cable causes phone, internet, and cable outages throughout the state. Download Audio
Taking a field trip to the moon, sort of
Take a field trip to the moon through virtual reality and a cardboard box. Download Audio
Liberals get edge in Anchorage elections, massive school bond fails
Upsets over financing for school capital projects and a tax-cap calculation will leave Administration with budget challenges, though more liberal-leaning Assembly. Download Audio