Community health aides, Alaska’s unique solution for rural health care
Fifty years ago, Alaska had a really big problem. It was hard to get medical care in small, rural communities.
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Historic buildings crumbling in Anchorage, Alaska face an uncertain future
There’s no placard marking the historical significance of the Government Hill Wireless Station in Anchorage, southern Alaska. The property played
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Alaska’s crime rates are soaring, stats show
Across Alaska, crime is up. That’s according to data released today by the Department of Public Safety comparing 2017 to
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How small investments are improving an Alaska community
Micheley Kowalski runs a coffeehouse in Seward, Alaska and everyone in the community of 2,800 people thinks they know the
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Inuit leaders to advance Indigenous human rights
Inuit delegates from the U.S. state of Alaska, the Russian region of Chukotka, Greenland and Canada concluded Thursday the 13th
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Iditarod adds four new board members amid criticism
The Iditarod has expanded its governing body. On Monday, the organization announced it had added four new members to its
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How alternatives to traditional banking can help rural Alaskans
About a dozen people, including a baby, sit in a classroom at the Knik Tribal Council office in Palmer (southcentral
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Alaskan Indigenous community group pushes for better fishing quotas
Alaska Congressman Don Young is trying again to renew the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The nation’s fundamental federal fisheries law hasn’t been
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Supreme Court’s rehearing of hovercraft hunter case could test Alaska’s sovereignty
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to rehear the case of an Alaska moose hunter whose use of a hovercraft
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Police officers in Alaska villages hired despite criminal record: report
Recent reporting in the Anchorage Daily News has exposed a long-standing problem in Alaska of rural communities hiring village police
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Alaska shelter helps homeless promptly find work, home and stability
When Linda Baker moved from Minto to Fairbanks (central Alaska) a few months ago, she didn’t expect to end up
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Indigenous Alaskans find strength in community and tradition
Ten-year-old August Seton sat in a small crowded community building in Hooper Bay (southwest Alaska) surrounded by people of all
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Veterans from Indigenous Alaskan village have war stories archived online
Alaska has the highest concentration of veterans nationwide. From World War II, the Korean and Vietnam Wars and both Gulf
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Appeal challenges Alaska’s exclusion of village residents from juries
The Alaska Court of Appeals heard arguments Thursday in a case that could have huge implications for how Alaska village
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Alarming number of patients at Alaskan psychiatric emergency room
Emergency rooms in Anchorage hospitals cannot keep up with the numbers of patients needing psychiatric care. It’s a problem that’s
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