The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on December 15 announced its intent to reorganize the management structure of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), with the goals of improving health care ...

For Alaskans needing healthcare, there are major hurdles to overcome, including massive geographic barriers, workforce shortages, and a limited infrastructure.

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The new $900 billion military spending law signed by President Donald Trump last week includes special benefits for soldiers and Coast Guardsmen in Alaska, hundreds of millions in new construction ...

The budget was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of its burial was signed by the Governor, the House and the Senate. Old ...

Framed by the fireplace in Alaska’s governor’s mansion earlier this month, Gov. Mike Dunleavy shook hands and posed for ...

As many adults will make New Year’s resolutions to improve their health, the Alaska Department of Health has introduced a new kid-friendly character and activity series designed to help Alaska’s ...

While the calendar says it is winter, and the single-digit and sub-zero temperatures certainly indicate it is winter, the Alaska Division of Forestry & Fire Protection (DFFP) recently advised of ...

Alaskans are smoking and drinking less, following national health trends, the Department of Revenue’s most recent state “sin” tax data indicates. The decline is gradual but continuous. Marijuana tax d ...

Alaska Attorney general-designee Stephen Cox is asking two of Alaska’s largest electrical utilities to reconsider years-old ...

The U.S. Department of the Interior is considering whether to change Alaska’s unique system of hunting and fishing, which gives rural residents priority on federal land in Alaska.