In severely overcrowded housing market, a Nome resident finds a creative solution
The rooms are furnished with beds, a lamp, and shelves. The kitchen is stocked with the essentials like bags of flour, sugar, coffee, and tea.
Following flu season spike, Anchorage public health officials on track to quadruple immunizations
The municipal health department worked with the Anchorage School District to host dozens of free public immunization clinics at schools throughout the city.
Ex-service members plan to develop Interior Alaska community for homeless veterans
If all goes well, organizers hope to open the North Pole Vet Village within the next five years.
LISTEN: A growing number of Alaska kids have health insurance. Here’s why that’s good for adults, too.
About nine percent of Alaska children are currently uninsured — nearly twice the national average.
Solutions sought to ease conflicts over Southeast Alaska’s rising sea otter populations
Sea otters are rapidly recolonizing Southeast Alaska, breeding challenges for commercial fishermen in the region.
New domestic violence shelter coming to Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
The project, expected to open in January 2020, will shelter up to 12 women from Hooper Bay and the surrounding region.
How to keep teens safer? This Anchorage group says the solution starts with Friday nights.
Research illustrates the powerful positive impact regular extracurricular activities can have on teens' well-being.
‘They carve to have a place to sleep.’ He’s made a place for struggling ivory carvers in Anchorage
A former inmate is transforming a downtown gallery and workshop into a nonprofit geared toward giving opportunities to artists with few options.
New judicial order gives northern Alaska tribes more say in criminal sentencing
Northern Alaska Native tribes will have more input in criminal sentencing in their communities, after a judicial order announced at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention Friday in Fairbanks
AG Barr announces $42 million in tribal grants to combat crime and help victims in rural Alaska
The money is slated to go to tribal councils, women's shelters, youth programs, substance abuse programs and policing.
Juneau immersion classroom aims to teach new generation of Lingít speakers
Haa Yóo X̱ʼatángi Kúdi opened briefly this spring and again this September, with 14 students enrolled in the program and more on the waitlist.
Sitka land trust breaks ground on affordable cottage neighborhood
The collaborative project will offer houses at a cost well below Sitka's average list price. Some residents hope it will help tackle the community's affordable housing problem.
Learning Yup’ik on the go: a new language app for Bristol Bay
People learning Yup’ik now have another way to practice — a new Yup’ik language app aiming to help them develop their skills outside the classroom. The goal is to revitalize the language in Bristol Bay.
LISTEN: Who will answer Mat-Su police calls? A task force has a few ideas
A rise in crime and cuts to Alaska State Troopers have pushed the Matanuska-Susitna Borough to consider new ways to provide more law enforcement in the borough.
Tribal Justice Summit renews focus on tribal courts in Western Alaska
Tribes from around the region met at Kawerak’s first Tribal Justice Summit in Nome to talk about what tribal justice could look like for them.
LISTEN: Does Alaska’s PFD contribute to lower income inequality? It’s complicated
The gap between how much money wealthy Americans have, compared to everyone else, is greater than it's been in a half-century. But Alaska is one of a handful of states where that gap is not such a chasm.
LISTEN: How restorative justice helps rebuild and repair connections to community
Restorative justice tries to correct behavior by repairing harm, rebuilding relationships, and bringing the offender back into good standing in their community. Does it work to reduce crime and recidivism?
LISTEN: Alaska PFD dollars lead to less childhood obesity
The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend decreases the likelihood an Alaskan child will be obese. And for each dollar in PFD money a kid gets,...
Overcrowded for years, Anchorage’s domestic violence shelter is about to expand
The $4.6 million expansion project will increase shelter capacity from 52 beds to 67 beds.
How Alaskans are working to address and prevent suicide
Affordable energy and access to high-speed broadband is essential for engaging in modern commerce, education, telemedicine and for economic development initiatives. How is the rural energy infrastructure need being addressed?