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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.
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Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.
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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.
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Handwashing units distributed by the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium during the pandemic increased water use and helped protect kids, research shows.
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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.
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D spent a decade recovering from an addiction that started when he fell off a ladder, got injured and was prescribed opioid pain pills.
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The state has seen about 1,100 reported flu cases so far this season.
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Alaska public health officials continue to recommend the Hepatitis B vaccine for all newborns, citing high rates of chronic infection in the state.
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Alaska was awarded more money than any state except for Texas — and far more per person, roughly $365 per Alaskan.
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A controversial stretch of road connecting two Eastern Aleutian communities is heading toward construction. The Alaska Department of Transportation has applied for a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit to build the road and is taking public comments on the proposed work until Jan. 12.
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The man is isolated and is unlikely to infect others, but state epidemiologists are urging clinicians to test anyone with symptoms and report cases to the state.
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The hot tub at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Fitness Center has finally reopened after a pump failure. KYUK's Samantha Watson took a dip last week to talk to residents about what they missed while it was out of commission.