The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have documented more than 1600 cases since May and tied 400 to an outbreak concentrated in the Midwest.
Food
Q&A: Southeast Alaska Food Bank on growing demand
The Southeast Alaska Food Bank has served people for nearly 30 years, and its executive director says need is growing.
Alaska’s persistently high SNAP payment errors top nation for fourth consecutive year
Last year, 23% of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients in Alaska ended up with significantly more or less in benefits than they should have. The national average was 11%.
Alaska’s famously massive cabbages should be the official state vegetable, state House says
The giant green cabbage, enabled by the midnight sun, is a fitting symbol of Alaskans’ spirit and a nod to the state’s history, said bill sponsor Rep. DeLena Johnson, a Palmer Republican.
That figure you’ve heard on how much food Alaska imports? It’s not real.
The 95% number has been repeated so often, for so long, it’s become something like conventional wisdom. But experts aren’t convinced it should stay that way.
A new farm in Haines has grown thousands of pounds of produce for the community
None of the farm’s produce is sold. It’s all shared throughout the community, either for free or in exchange for work.