This is part of Alaska Authors, an occasional series about authors and other literary figures with ties to the 49th state. “Working in rural Alaska is unique. All you have to do is spend some time off ...
The Alaska Legislature opened an 18-month study of the state’s troubled public education system on Tuesday as lawmakers convened the first meeting of their Task Force on Education Funding, established ...
Alaska's rural schools are facing a public health and safety crisis from long-delayed repairs. For years, Alaska school districts statewide have submitted hundreds of millions of dollars in requests ...
Sleetmute, Alaska, students play soccer during recess last spring. In the coldest months, when temperatures fall well below zero, the kids can’t have recess because the gym is closed. (Photo by Emily ...
Informed by her own experience, a filmmaker makes a documentary about the lack of child care infrastructure in rural Alaska and makes a difference in real life. Caregivers Tracey and Bailey Schaeffer ...
This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with KYUK Public Media and NPR’s Station Investigations Team. When Alaska House Speaker Bryce Edgmon toured the public ...
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. This story was originally published in our Dispatches newsletter; sign up to receive notes from our journalists. Two inches of raw ...
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