KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey sat down with Robin Lutz, the executive director of Alaskan AIDS Assistance Association, to talk about what the prospect of a vaccine means in Alaska.
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Alaska author’s new book follows life among Arctic caribou herds
In the last several years, Seth Kantner has gathered images and stories from the caribou herds that live near his home on the south side of the Brooks Range.
Judge temporarily halts Alaska abortion restrictions during Planned Parenthood lawsuit
The injunction only applies to medication abortions. The case will be decided at trial, scheduled for July.
Alaska’s economic recovery lags behind most states
As of July, Alaska had made up less than half of its COVID-related job losses.
Officials arrest ‘drug kingpin’ accused of trafficking drugs from Mexico to Alaska
Miguel Baez Guevara, 38, faces 17 criminal counts, prosecutors announced Wednesday in Anchorage.
2020 census data is out. Here’s how Alaska has changed in the last 10 years.
The share of Alaska’s population that identifies as a race or ethnicity other than solely white rose from less than a third of the population to more than than 40%.
Alaska leads nation with steepest climb in coronavirus hospitalizations
Nearly every region in Alaska, including Anchorage, is back under a high-alert level based on their case rates.
State foster care agencies take millions of dollars owed to children in their care
At least 10 state foster care agencies hire for-profit companies to obtain millions of dollars in Social Security benefits intended for the most vulnerable children in state care each year, according to a review of hundreds of pages of contract documents.
Tribes, fishermen criticize Alaska and British Columbia decision to end transboundary monitoring
A 22-page final report released on Thursday culminates two years of data collected from water, sediment and fish tissue in three transboundary watersheds that straddle the frontier. And now, Alaska and British Columbia governments say their work is done.
Alaska requires that DNA be collected from people arrested for violent crimes. Many police agencies have ignored that.
By failing to collect those DNA samples, law enforcement has left Alaska’s DNA database with crucial gaps, allowing at least one serial rapist to go undetected.