(Creative Commons photo by Dru Kelly) Alaska’s rural communities are confronting a profound crisis. From 2012 to 2021, pregnancy-associated deaths in rural Alaska almost tripled,…
Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River, one of the 15 facilities the new chief medical officer with oversee. (Courtesy of the Alaska Department of…
A syringe containing a vaccine for whooping cough in a waiting room at Alaska Family Care and Associates in Anchorage on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.…
A new six-part NOVA series called Legacy of the Land features short films produced by Indigenous filmmakers focused on climate issues and solutions in Native…
The tundra in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta is seen in the evening sun on Oct. 11, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) The U.S. Justice Department…
The Majestic Princess berths in Juneau’s harbor on July 24, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO) Imagine one day a week in summertime Juneau when there are no…
A trawl vessel sits at the dock in Kodiak this summer. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz/Northern Journal) Federal managers shut down a major Alaska fishery Wednesday after two…
An Anchorage police vehicle on Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at the scene of a fatal stabbing the previous day on West Northern Lights Boulevard. (Ava…
Students swing on a playground at Meadow Lakes Head Start in Wasilla, Alaska. It closed this year due to funding and staffing challenges. (Image by…
Iditarod chief veterinarian Stuart Nelson talks with musher Michelle Phillips at the Unalakleet checkpoint the afternoon of March 13, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) The…
