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Alaska lawmakers urge congress to extend health insurance subsidies. Plus, tribal leaders speak out against proposed cuts to the Indian Health Service.

If the U.S. Congress doesn’t extend the subsidies, they’re set to expire at the end of the year and will directly impact 23,000 Alaskans, likely straining the state budget.

State officials say the original funding has played a major role in fueling Alaska’s efforts to respond to landslide risk, which is intensifying with climate change.

A Senate oversight hearing focused on cuts to services like child care, help for domestic violence victims and substance abuse prevention.

Officers saw a gun in Utuva Alaelua’s lap and shot him after he didn’t respond to requests to put his hands up, Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said.

At Izembek Lagoon, Pacific black brant are choosing to overwinter in the Bering Sea — drawn by warming waters and the eelgrass meadows beneath.

Investigators say the surviving passenger told them the plane banked left about 100 feet above the ground before it went down. Witnesses also reported seeing a dog on the runway just before the crash.

We discuss the uncertain future of programs that bring refugees and immigrants to Alaska.

Alaska Desk’s Alena Naiden spent a day with one Ukrainian family who is making Alaska their home.

A documentary on how Filipino nurses were among the unsung heroes of the pandemic comes to Anchorage.