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A Fairbanks mental health fair is back on after the Trump administration abruptly slashed, then restored, billions in grants

In the brief window before the rollback, the Fairbanks Native Association said the terminations...

Alaska’s first on-site addiction treatment for those who overdose launches with pilot programs

Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.

Alaska kicks off billion-dollar effort to ‘transform’ rural health care

Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of...

New country, new language and… a new sport? Teens at East High embrace skiing

Coach Geoff Wright is stunned by the resilience of his new skiers who have moved here from all over the world. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen this much concentrated can-do attitude,” he said.

New country, new language and… a new sport? Teens at East High embrace skiing

Coach Geoff Wright is stunned by the resilience of his new skiers who have moved here from all over the world. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen this much concentrated can-do attitude,” he said.

Mat-Su school bus workers vote to OK strike if contract talks collapse

The strike would be the second such walkout in three years.

Bronson picks Fairbanks financial planner as running mate in governor’s race

Former Anchorage Mayor and gubernatorial candidate Dave Bronson announced Joshua Church as his...

Anchorage judge overturns state law limiting live music at breweries and distilleries

Political compromise isn’t a reason to restrict free speech, Judge Adolf Zeman says in Thursday ruling.

Alaska Appeals Court takes up American Samoa-born woman’s voter misconduct case

Like other U.S. nationals who are not full U.S. citizens, Tupe Smith of Whittier thought she could vote in local elections but not presidential elections. A key argument in her case is whether she intentionally submitted false...