In Alaska, the state with the nation’s biggest increase in drug overdose deaths from 2020 to 2021, certain demographic groups have been at higher risk, according to a newly released report: men more ...

Alaska had the biggest decline in average life expectancy of all U.S. states in 2021, a year when health outcomes were heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent national ...

State health department officials said last week said more people died in Alaska, from COVID-19 or other causes, during a major virus surge this fall compared to any other point in the pandemic. Not ...

Musher Paige Drobny, wearing the required face mask at the ceremonial Anchorage start of the 2022 Iditarod Treail Sled Dog Race on March 5, carried a pro-vaccine message on her way to Nome. A race ...

WASHINGTON (Tribune News Service) — The Army's mental health emergency in Alaska spiked in 2021 with 17 suspected suicide deaths — more suicides than in the previous two years combined. The crisis has ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — 2021 marked a milestone for the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Task Force initiative in Alaska. MSTF teams operated with new partners, visited more communities, and strengthened ...

Anchorage-based Alaska Helicopter Tours experienced a 250% boom in 2021 sales compared to 2019. Hiring enough ground staff was the company's biggest challenge during the surge in demand. The operator ...

A study of two powerful earthquakes in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula in 2020 and 2021 shows a connection between the two. It also suggests they may be a part of an 80-year rupture cascade ...