Rural Health

Two of the three families who lost their homes and most of their possessions during Typhoon Merbok are still trying to find a permanent solution.

The collaborative study will eventually include 1,200 pairs of Alaska Natives who smoke and people supporting their efforts to quit.

City leaders are moving forward with the Thane plan after a local church that housed the shelter for two years voted against doing so again this summer.

Many applicants still have to wait for up to three months to receive benefits.

Tax advocates said the increase, approved Monday, leaves Fairbanks below Alaska's average local tobacco tax rate of 39%.

About 37% of Alaska’s Medicaid recipients were procedurally disenrolled in the first four months following a pause during the pandemic.

The design of a traditional large skin-on-frame boat used by the Unangax people was thought to be lost after Russian colonizers destroyed the last remaining examples in the 1800's, but after decades of work, the design of the niĝilax has been restored. Now, the recreated boats are touching Alaskan waters for the first time in over 200 years. To discuss the process and significance of the restoration, host Lori Townsend is joined by Ethan Petticrew, an Unangax dance instructor, teacher, and Executive Director of Cook Inlet Head Start, as well as Marc Daniels, the boat builder who facilitated the restoration project.

The CDC estimates that 13% of men in the US meet the criteria for having a substance use disorder and that men account for more than three quarters of deaths from excessive drinking. Excessive alcohol and drug use in men also leads to increases in domestic violence, sexual assault, and an increased risk of suicide. On this Line One, Host Prentiss Pemberton and his guest discuss the ways addiction affects men and what can be done to overcome it.

Alaska Natives make up 40% of the inmates in Alaska prisons, yet are only 14% of the state’s population.

The shortage has led to reduced hours at retail pharmacies and longer wait times to get prescriptions filled.

Residents say a week-long backlog of undelivered packages last month was only broken when FedEx brought in staff from out of town.

American Seafoods was fined for waste discharges in Oregon and Washington. EPA officials didn't say whether its Alaska operations are under scrutiny.

Two-thirds of Alaska adults are overweight or obese, nearly a third have high blood pressure and 27% have high cholesterol, a state report says.

Prosecutors say Rosalina Mavaega and her husband falsely claimed their nonprofit would use the money to provide housing, treatment and training services. Instead, federal charges accuse them of depositing the funds into personal accounts to finance and pay off taxes on their businesses.

For lots of families in Alaska, MapHabit could become indispensable. The state has a shortage of care workers and many families are stretched thin.

The disruption of the pandemic focused even more attention on a perennial concern for Alaska, our distance from major food suppliers. The future economic health of our state depends in part on having a more robust, local supply of food to reduce reliance on outside producers. In this episode of Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Glenna Gannon, an assistant professor of sustainable food systems with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Tikaan Galbreath, technical assistance network director with the Intertribal Agriculture Council, to discuss creating sustainable food systems in Alaska.

Indigenous Peoples Day honors and respects the Indigenous Peoples who have lived, thrived and survived on homelands for 10,000 years! Join Alaska Public Media,...

A breast cancer patient who received similar treatments in Seattle and Juneau saw significant differences in cost.

A resolution headed to the Alaska Federation of Natives convention next month calls for a Native seat on the Regulatory Commission of Alaska.

Alaska Public Media invites you to attend an informational and empowering Estate Planning Seminar on Tuesday, October 24, from 6 to 7 p.m. at...