Alaska’s court system offers new eviction diversion program as court cases return to pre-pandemic levels,
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June 22, 2023: Storyteller/Scientist Skylar Bayer; Juneau Senior Center re-opens; Turning the Tide Capital Access Convening
Author Skylar Bayer and her new book “Uncharted” plus Oweesta Corporation and Spruce Root’s Captial Access Convening and the Juneau Senior Center reopens!
As Alaska welcomes Ukrainian refugees, state resurrects program to help immigrants get jobs
Hundreds of Ukrainian refugees are resettling here after fleeing their war-torn homeland.
Anchorage refugee assistance program gets ready for up to 100 people fleeing Afghanistan
Catholic Social Services CEO Lisa Aquino says the refugee program’s staff and volunteers will help with things like finding housing and employment, as well as learning English.
At Anchorage farm, refugees in Alaska gain training and economic opportunity
The farm took the place of a vacant parking lot. Today it’s tended by more than 20 immigrant and refugee farmers who live in Anchorage.
Checks of $600 are likely, aid to states is not as Congress negotiates pandemic relief bill
Negotiations are ongoing, but consensus is building for $300 weekly payments to the unemployed and direct payments of $600 to $700 to most Americans.
Anchorage embarks on widespread testing effort as COVID-19 outbreak at shelter grows
The city is ramping up testing at homeless shelters and soup kitchens to try to contain a large COVID-19 outbreak tied to the Brother Francis Shelter.
With the unemployment bonus set to expire, Food Bank of Alaska braces for another surge in need
The food bank estimates that the current need is up about 75% statewide compared to last year but could get far worse.
Alaska nonprofits shrink staffing and services to keep homeless sheltered
The dust is settling after Alaska’s state budget battle. But homeless service providers say serious damage has already been done.
Under ‘Save Our State’ banner, coalition implores Dunleavy to reverse budget cuts
A coalition of more than two dozen organizations gathered for a press conference Wednesday in Anchorage under the moniker “Save Our State.”