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Jul 12 2019

How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

By Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, Health, Juneau, Mental Health, Science & Tech, Southeast

A trip to the emergency room can be a crucial window to assist people in their recovery. Now some providers are giving patients a medicine to ease the transition so they can seek additional care. Recently, a hospital in Juneau completed one year of this program with encouraging results.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO | July 12, 2019 12:40 pm

Jul 11 2019

‘Who are the 100?’ If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska Public Media | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Community, Economy, Family, Food, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Public Safety, Southcentral, State Government

As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska Public Media | July 11, 2019 4:30 pm

Jul 01 2019

Alaska state budget vetoes reduce funding for homeless shelters and services

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, Health, Housing, Mental Health, Politics, Public Safety, Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence, Southcentral, State Government

Anchorage homeless shelters and services are bracing for cutbacks and closures after Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced hundreds of millions of dollars in line-item state budget vetoes Friday.

By Kirsten Swann, Alaska Public Media | July 1, 2019 2:04 pm

Jun 28 2019

Can trauma be passed down through DNA? Researchers and Hoonah residents search for answers.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | Alaska Native Arts & Culture, Community, Family, Health, Science & Tech, Sealaska, Southeast

It’s well known that traumatic experiences can have lifelong impacts on health and well-being. But it’s possible that those effects can last longer than a single lifetime. A new study asks whether the effects of trauma have been passed down genetically in Tlingit families in Hoonah.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | June 28, 2019 6:50 pm

Jun 25 2019

Callum Marks (right) serves as a "modern day page turner" for Theo Houck, who played a set of queer love songs at Juneau's first youth Pride party on June 20, 2019. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KTOO)

Tie-dye, rainbows and love songs: Juneau’s first youth LGBTQ Pride party

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | 2 Alaska, Community, Education, Family, Juneau, Mental Health, Southeast

Pride week in Juneau featured something new this year: a party just for LGBTQ middle school and high school students.

By Zoe Grueskin, KTOO | June 25, 2019 2:55 pm

Jun 14 2019

Alaska Corrections commissioner cancels prison’s Father’s Day event

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | Crime & Courts, Family, Public Safety, Southcentral, State Government

Alaska’s Corrections commissioner has canceled an upcoming Father’s Day event at a correctional center near Wasilla, upsetting some families of inmates.

By Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media | June 14, 2019 12:40 pm

Jun 11 2019

Sitka Pioneer Home resident Nancy Ricketts meets for coffee with friends in a local cafe. At 94, Ricketts says she carefully budgeted in order to live in the Pioneer Home — including selling her house. She testified that increased financial stress on residents will jeopardize their health, and ultimately cost the state more. “The state will have to pay to keep us here, or throw us out on the street,” she said. “A loss of independence is the most horrible thing I can think of.”

Alaska Pioneer Homes residents fight proposed rate increases

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW-Sitka | Aging, Family, Health, Interior, Mental Health, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government

A proposal to more than double the monthly costs for most residents in Alaska Pioneer Homes met with stiff opposition during recent public testimony on the issue.

By Robert Woolsey, KCAW-Sitka | June 11, 2019 2:43 pm

Jun 01 2019

Mid-discussion at Harrigan Centennial Hall in May 2019. (Photo by Angie Hilsman/KTOO)

Sitka women discuss leading without losing themselves

By Nina Sparling, KCAW-Sitka | 2 Alaska, Business, Community, Family, Fisheries, Southeast

Part of developing a unique approach to leadership as women means pushing back against how jobs have always been done, said the panelists.

By Nina Sparling, KCAW-Sitka | June 1, 2019 10:34 am

May 31 2019

Remove your rings and get out your card blanket: A table-side view of one of Utqiaġvik’s most animated card games

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Arts & Culture, Community, Family, Nation & World, North Slope

In Utqiaġvik, snerts is one of the most popular games in town. Die-hard enthusiasts play on a regular basis, and there’s even an annual spring tournament.

By Ravenna Koenig, Alaska's Energy Desk | May 31, 2019 12:31 pm

May 22 2019

The Alaska Capitol Building in Juneau on June 6, 2017. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)

Negotiations sour on tribal child welfare agreement

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Crime & Courts, Family, Politics, Public Safety, State Government

The agreement, which was signed in 2017 by then-Gov. Bill Walker, is being renegotiated by tribal organizations and the Dunleavy administration. The compact gives tribes more control over children’s welfare.

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska's Energy Desk | May 22, 2019 7:14 pm

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How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

Can trauma be passed down through DNA? Researchers and Hoonah residents search for answers.

Tie-dye, rainbows and love songs: Juneau’s first youth LGBTQ Pride party

Alaska Corrections commissioner cancels prison’s Father’s Day event

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Remove your rings and get out your card blanket: A table-side view of one of Utqiaġvik’s most animated card games

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