Drinking, smoking consumption in decline, but suicide plans on the rise among Alaska teens
Fewer Alaska high school students say they are drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes compared to a decade ago, according to
Read moreFewer Alaska high school students say they are drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes compared to a decade ago, according to
Read moreDallas Seavey said he hasn’t slept in two weeks. “I haven’t eaten. I haven’t slept,” the four-time Iditarod champion said
Read moreIn the Lower Kuskokwim School District in Southwest Alaska, classes started this month with about a dozen teaching jobs unfilled.
Read moreA tiny school on remote St. George Island in the Bering Sea and an alternative school in the Interior’s Delta
Read moreFor the Interior Alaska towns of Bettles, Tanana and McGrath, July was the warmest calendar month ever recorded, the National Weather Service reported Tuesday.
Read moreNOME — Mitch Seavey just had the race of his life. The 57-year-old musher from Sterling won the Iditarod Trail
Read moreFAIRBANKS — Off to Nome. At 11 a.m. Monday, 71 teams in the 45th Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race started
Read moreThe Northwest Arctic Borough Assembly held an unprecedented meeting 2,000 miles away in Seattle last month, where it narrowly shot
Read moreFour-time Iditarod champion Lance Mackey has withdrawn from the 2017 race to Nome because of “health reasons,” according to a
Read moreThe number of hepatitis C cases reported among younger Alaskans has increased dramatically, particularly in Southeast Alaska, according to the
Read moreGrowth of the McHugh Creek wildfire slowed Wednesday as firefighters worked to contain flames about a mile away from homes in Potter
Read moreKAHILTNA GLACIER BASE CAMP — Three massive U.S. Army helicopters swept onto a stretch of snow here Sunday, surrounded by mountains
Read moreUniversity of Alaska President Jim Johnsen presented two revised draft budget proposals Thursday, both cutting hundreds of staff jobs across
Read moreRAINY PASS LODGE — Jeff Turkel traveled to the Rainy Pass checkpoint Monday to heal. The 56-year-old once served in
Read moreIditarod Trail Sled Dog Race mushers will travel only 3 miles through Anchorage during Saturday’s ceremonial start instead of the traditional 11-mile
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