High school students Josie Ungott and Janissa Noongwook set out to learn from their teacher how drumming and dance has changed over the years in their village, Gambell, on Saint Lawrence Island.

The rate of Alaskans dying from drug overdoses declined by 5% in 2024 compared to the year before. That’s a welcome reduction after the state saw its highest number of overdose deaths on record in 2023.

Improving health outcomes for Alaskans is at the heart of a multi-billion dollar federal plan aimed at funding rural healthcare systems.

The organization claims the Office of Children’s Services has failed to provide funds for food and basics to older youth placed in shelters and dormitories.

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.

Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump's spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.

Handwashing units distributed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium during the pandemic increased water use and helped protect kids, research shows.

Gov. Dunleavy has issued a disaster declaration for the community of Napaskiak for a December 2025 power outage that froze pipes, and that has left the community without running water for a month.

D spent a decade recovering from an addiction that started when he fell off a ladder, got injured and was prescribed opioid pain pills.

The state has seen about 1,100 reported flu cases so far this season.

Alaska public health officials continue to recommend the Hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, citing high rates of chronic infection in the state.

Alaska was awarded more money than any state except for Texas — and far more per person, roughly $365 per Alaskan.