Around 25,000 Alaskans are facing skyrocketing insurance costs in 2026. So we found some other options for accessing affordable care.

Nelson Lagoon is about to run out of water. The Alaska Native village of 40 people on the Alaska Peninsula expects its supply to run dry by March 20, after a January storm destroyed the underground pipeline connecting the community to its only water source.

If passed, Alaska would join more than 40 other states in a shared licensing process. The aim is to address the state’s nursing shortage, but nurse unions are pushing back.

The ACLU Alaska is suing the Alaska Department of Corrections on behalf of a man who said he was forcibly medicated with powerful psychotropic medication for most of the past seven years.

The clinic’s board of directors has signed off on moving forward with filming for a potential pilot.

The recommendations are not binding but offer the legislature a guide to what laws Alaska would need to offer care if medicines become legal federally.

Typically, insurance covers just one prosthetic or orthotic device for those who need them. But that leaves many without a device for athletics or bathing.

The federal government is reconsidering the rules that have protected rural subsistence for decades. What could this mean for the future of resource access and how can you weigh in?

Seal finger is not uncommon in Alaska and circumpolar regions, but this is only the second time this potentially more serious strain of the infection has been identified in the state.

The reasons for doing so – as well as the lessons and pieces of gear – are many. But how does someone actually convince themselves to get back in the saddle day after day?

For people experiencing addiction or mental illness, taking the first steps toward care can seem impossible. So, it can help to talk to a peer, someone who has been through something similar.

The bill would require schools to provide unbiased information on communication for deaf and hearing-impaired students and support the family’s choice, but experts say it misses kids under 4.