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9/21/2023 4:13:11 PM

Feds send $440M for water tasks in Alaska villages

ANTHC employees set up a water and sewer system to an Eek house on February 21, 2019. (Photo by Anna Rose MacArthur, KYUK – – Bethel). Alaska is getting a big boost in federal cash to...

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Talk of Alaska

9/19/2023 8:20:18 PM

Talk of Alaska: Preparing for Fall storms and other disasters

Waves from the Bering Sea sprinkle up on a jetty on Friday, Sept. 16, 2022, in Nome, Alaska. Much of Alaska's western coast could see flooding and high winds as the remnants of Typhoon Merbok moved ...

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9/16/2023 12:26:17 AM

Alaska's Affordable Housing Crisis|Alaska Insight

Throughout Alaska, it's a difficulty to find affordable housing. On this episode of Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Anchorage Assembly Member Dr. Daniel Volland, and Nolan Klouda, Ex...

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9/13/2023 8:15:41 PM

Line One: Updates on the Opioid Epidemic

( Creative Commons photo by Punching Judy). When the opioid epidemic first came about in the 1990s it was mainly related to prescription drug medications for pain. Fentanyl is a synthetic guy mad...

9/20/2023 8:15:32 PM

Opioid overdose reversal drugs are now available over-the-counter in Alaska

Narcan nasal sprays on a rack in a store in Anchorage on September 20,2023. Narcan is an opioid overdose reversal drug and is now available over the counter in Alaska. The opioid overdose treatment...

9/18/2023 3:26:52 PM

What to know about the new COVID, flu and RSV shots in Alaska this fall

Last year was the very first year that older adults could get an RSV vaccine, and this is the very first year infants can get inoculated too. Sarah Aho, the immunization program manager for the state ...

9/14/2023 4:33:07 PM

Alaska flu cases increased in 2015, surging in early winter, while vaccine rates lagged

After a period when COVID-19 limitations stopped the spread of other breathing diseases, Alaska had a huge boost in influenza cases, state information programs. The general influenza case loa...

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Talk of Alaska

9/12/2023 7:55:13 PM

Talk of Alaska: Alaska's chronic real estate scarcity

The refurbished Barratt Inn will have 96 long-term real estate units, of differing size. Photographed July 27, 2023. (Dev Hardikar/Alaska Public Media). Across Alaska, an inadequate housing suppl...

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Final Report Unveiled: House Panel Slams Public Health Response to COVID-19—What Went Wrong?

The Final Verdict: What the House COVID-19 Panel Reveals About Our Pandemic Response As the global community continues to grapple with the aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a newly released repor...

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12/3/2024 3:38:38 AM

Justice on the Line: Massachusetts Police Pursue Charges Against Teens in Shocking Attack on Transgender Individual at Party

Justice in the Spotlight: Massachusetts Police Pursue Charges After Alleged Attack on Trans Teen In a troubling incident that has captured the attention of the community, police in Massachusetts have...