Alaska worked to bring kids home from Outside psychiatric institutions. Now, more are being sent away again.
For decades there have been questions about whether expensive state-funded care out of state helps or hurts children.
They were 10 and 14 when Alaska sent them out of state for psychiatric treatment. Now they’re telling their stories.
Children in the foster care system have emerged as some of the most vocal critics of placements in Outside psychiatric care.
‘They hit hard and they hit fast’: Eagle River man healing after moose attack
Taylor Caldwell was walking his dog when he was charged and trampled by a cow with a calf.
Judge finds ‘flagrant government misconduct’ in tax-evasion prosecution of Big Lake doctor
Dr. Larry Lawson, also a well-known Mat-Su fossil collector, faces no jail time in a proposed plea agreement.
Body of unidentified man pulled from Kuskokwim River near Bethel
Police said they don’t believe the remains belong to the man search-and-rescuers were originally looking for.
Pilot identified as Southeast Alaska air service suspends operations after 2nd fatal crash in a week
The 51-year-old pilot and a 31-year-old visiting epidemiologist died in the Taquan Air floatplane.
‘Our prodigy’: Young epidemiologist killed in plane crash was on a trip to see patients
Relatives say Sarah Luna was excited about her first flight in a floatplane.
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Lawless: Alaska's two-tiered criminal justice system leaves entire communities, and victims, vulnerable
Special report: A first-of-its-kind investigation by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica found more than 70 Alaska communities — places with some of the highest rates of sexual assault in the U.S. — have no local police protection.
Village jails, where 3 people died in 2 weeks, are part of a system unregulated by the state
Incidents in Napakiak and Akiachak have focused a spotlight on the life-or-death decisions tribal police officers and jail guards must make daily.
Alaska Permanent Fund dividend division plans change in public office hours
An official says the intent is to give staff more time to focus on determining applicant eligibility.
Missouri hiker lost for days in Interior Alaska lived off the land
Logan Holmer brought two days’ worth of food and ate the last of it on the fourth day, supplementing his diet with the plants he found.
Felon convicted of illegally carrying gun detected by airport screeners
Ryan Neely told officers he had no knowledge of the gun and that he had grabbed the duffel from someone else.
House approves compromise anti-crime bill, boosting most prison sentences and seeking to repeal SB 91
The Senate and governor must approve before it becomes law.
Six Russian military planes intercepted by US off Alaska coast
U.S. military officials say four Russian bombers and two fighter jets had not entered U.S. or Canadian air space.
Six Russian military planes intercepted by US off Alaska coast
U.S. military officials say four Russian bombers and two fighter jets had not entered U.S. or Canadian air space.
The Anchorage Assembly is set to vote on the city’s Climate Action Plan. Here’s what it would do.
The plan is a broad vision for what the municipality wants Anchorage to look like in 2050, with a focus on dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
