What it’s like to live in Utqiaġvik, Alaska — the northernmost city in the United States

Set between Arctic tundra and the icy ocean, Utqiaġvik is the northernmost city in the US, home to about 4,500 people and ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska’s life-expectancy drop was biggest among all states in pandemic year of 2021, CDC says

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 ...
Alaska Public Media

‘It's been a very good life’: Alaska centenarians share advice and stories

100-year-old veteran John Franklin Strong shows a photo taken from his service during World War II, at his home in South Anchorage on Sept. 15, 2025. John Strong paged through a stack of papers to ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska’s life-expectancy drop was biggest among all states in 2021, CDC says

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 ...