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How an accident turned this skier into a force for good | INDIE ALASKA

Valerie Kern - February 24, 2023

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USDA grants $3.6M to improve wastewater systems and landfills in Interior Alaska

Katie Anastas, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage - November 17, 2022

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Alaska could see effects of Indian Child Welfare Act challenge heard by Supreme Court

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage - November 9, 2022

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Justices hearing challenge seem to favor most of Indian Child Welfare...

Line One: Mental health services for Alaskan students

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An Alaska tribal court judge breaks down ICWA’s past, present and...

Bethel nursing students

In Bethel, a homegrown solution to the state’s nursing shortage

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First decade of Alaska’s dental therapy program shows successes in Yukon-Kuskokwim...

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‘You know who you are’: One Alaska adoptee on why ICWA...

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Alaska health officials say they’re tracking a modest rise in RSV,...

Alaska volunteers want to know: What happened to the ‘Lost Alaskans’...

Iditarod drops COVID vaccination requirement, says decision not linked to mushers

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Delta Junction area faces ‘decision point’ on ambulance service funding

Bartlett Regional Hospital

Juneau’s hospital to end COVID-19 testing and treatment services

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Anchorage child psychiatric hospital scrutinized in federal inspectors’ investigation

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Line One: Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Inspire

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Kenai Peninsula Borough tribes get federal grant to address opioid abuse

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Bethel votes to prohibit city council from enacting future mask mandates

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As suicides rise, U.S. military seeks to address mental health

Line One: Testosterone and other hormones for men and women

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Alaska law enforcement seizes almost 2.5 million doses of fentanyl this...

Kodiak’s St. Paul Preschool is closing, adding to island’s childcare shortage

Providence pressured patients to pay, even when eligible for free care,...

State health department ends COVID data summaries, will track COVID and...

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Lack of data blunted Alaska’s COVID response, New York Times investigation...

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Public can weigh in on how Alaska should use millions of...

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State health officials recommend COVID boosters, flu shots this fall

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Drinking water a top concern for local leaders after Western Alaska...

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What to know about Alaska’s privacy clause and its link to...

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Bering Strait communities resume air service, plan to fly in drinking...

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Kodiak police find rainbow fentanyl pills amid increase in overdoses

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Line One: Therapeutic foster care

The Alaska Primary Care Association hopes to boost homegrown health care...

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