Kirsten Swann
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Alaska's health care industry is growing, and the need for nurses and other health care professionals is on the rise. Studies warn of a looming nursing shortage. How are communities around the state working to meet the healthcare workforce demand?
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Elizabeth Place, named after Alaska Native civil rights champion Elizabeth Peratrovich, is the first major downtown housing development to open its doors in more than a decade.
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Those affected by the changes could include Alaskans living in rural communities with weak cash economies and few jobs, and people experiencing homelessness, mental illnesses, substance abuse disorders and more.
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Samoa is fighting a deadly measles outbreak, and Alaska public health officials are paying attentionAlaska’s measles immunization rate remains below the national average, and below the level necessary to fully protect a community from the disease.
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The municipal health department worked with the Anchorage School District to host dozens of free public immunization clinics at schools throughout the city.
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The Community Housing Project provides families facing homelessness with rapid rehousing, short-term rental assistance and case management, and since launching in 2016, it's served nearly 100 households.
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About nine percent of Alaska children are currently uninsured — nearly twice the national average.
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Research illustrates the powerful positive impact regular extracurricular activities can have on teens' well-being.
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With winter closing in, whalers in Utqiaġvik haven't landed a single bowhead whale. Also: Unalaska residents brace for at least another 10 days with no scheduled air service. For one mom,that means being separated from her kids.
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A passenger describes what it was like on board the plane that crash landed in Dutch Harbor yesterday, killing one person. Also: Corporate leaders express support for the effort to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy on day two of the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention in Fairbanks.