The new University of Alaska Anchorage study shows that trauma from domestic violence, if left untreated, can have long-term health effects.
Sexual Abuse & Domestic Violence
With law enforcement sparse, Alaska villages build network of safety for survivors
Advocates for domestic violence victims seek solutions as federal money goes to small tribes with limited access to enforcement.
Data links Alaska’s sky-high maternal mortality rate to domestic violence
More Alaskans who die in the first year after delivering a baby do so as a result of violence or overdose, rather than from medical causes.
Domestic violence is feeding Alaska’s homelessness crisis
Some Alaska shelters are building long-term housing to keep women safe.
Alaska does not have enough housing to keep survivors of domestic violence safe
Advocates say they have the money to house survivors, but no place to put them.
Kotzebue women’s deaths at former mayor’s property did not get thorough investigations, report says
Two Kotzebue women died two years apart at the home of former Northwest Arctic Borough Mayor Clement Richards Sr. No one has been charged in connection with either death.