The Food Bank of Alaska is reporting unprecedented levels of food insecurity this year amid rising food costs statewide and major food stamp backlogs at the state Division of Public Assistance.

Among the losses suffered by Western Alaska victims of ex-Typhoon Halong — destroyed four-wheelers, houses and lives — the destruction of the traditional foods they’d gathered for the winter is among ...

After years of investment through Gov. Dunleavy’s Food Security Task Force (2023), the Legislature’s Food Strategy Task Force (2023-present), and the Alaska Food Network’s Statewide Food Security ...

Bulk food in Food Bank of Alaska’s Anchorage warehouse on April 21, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) A pair of bills before lawmakers would make systemic changes to the way the state’s ...