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From KCAW's CorvidEYE project: Experience a taste of the season's first farmer's market in Sitka by watching this slideshow with music. It was held at the ANB Hall this past Saturday. The next farmer's market will be July 30th from 10-2 at the same location.

This weekend, several hundred veterans turned out for the first ever ‘VA Stand Down’ in Bethel. The event, put on by the Veteran’s Administration, helps connect veterans with services and benefits. Download Audio

On this Line One, host Prentiss Pemberton explores the way living in a highly publicized world can impact mental health and development.

The volunteer-run organization provides free sterile syringes, lifesaving Narcan kits and on-site HIV and Hepatitis C testing, among other services.

As the Defense Department puts its focus on the Arctic and Pacific, the U.S. Army in Alaska held its first ever international summit on cold weather combat, bringing elite specialists to the Northern Warfare Training Center near Fairbank. Download Audio

One in five state jobs is vacant, and reintroducing a pension will help the state fix its recruitment problems, bill sponsors said.

Dunleavy requests federal disaster money for earthquake recovery; Judge dismisses Alaska bonding plan lawsuit; U.S. House Dean Don Young swears in Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Alaska Fire Service has furloughed most employees as shutdown continues; Rule seeks to tighten work requirements for food stamps; Japan’s departure from International Whaling Commission may have consequences for Alaska subsistence whaling; Credit union begins pilot program to start banking for Alaska marijuana businesses; Alaska woman finds owner of native artifacts box left in cab; Alaska Made: Sea otter pelts are highly prized, tightly regulated; Envisioning recovery and rebuilding a life in Noatak

A pilot project of the Coastal Villages Region Fund aims to alleviate the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta's housing crisis with tiny home construction.

NORAD scrambled Alaska-based F-22 and F-16 fighters and an AWACS radar plane for Thursday's "routine interception."

Masks are expected to remain optional in Juneau schools as long as the community is at a medium or low risk level.

Most people who go to prison in Alaska will eventually be released. To be successful on the outside, they need to develop new skills and outlooks. But what's happening behind the walls to make that possible? Join us for a community conversation with inmates and staff at Spring Creek Correctional Center near Seward on Sept. 26 at 7 pm. LISTEN HERE

A wide variety of Arctic animals including polar bears are being exposed to a tick-borne pathogen normally associated with rabbits and hares, a newly published study said.

Two more Alaskans have died of COVID-19, bringing the state's total to five.   That’s according to the latest figures from the Alaska Department of Health...

Charles Moulthrope was buried in Unalaska in 1896, at the age of 23, after he died during service in nearby waters.

There’s now a total of 246 Alaskans who have been diagnosed with the disease and haven’t recovered yet — the highest number since the pandemic began.

Ferry managers were looking for ways to improve the travel experience, said a state transportation department spokesman.