She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of the trailer she called home. Two women were there to tell her about a federally funded preschool program called ...
The Boys & Girls Club of Southcentral Alaska, which operates clubhouses in Ketchikan and Metlakatla, has temporarily paused ...
An Anchorage nonprofit serving nearly 200 families could stay open until mid-December without federal funding.
Parents in Alaska can apply for grants to help defray medical costs for their kids that their insurance doesn't cover. Health care costs in the state , especially for kids, can be as much as 200% ...
This is a special edition of Hometown, Alaska where we explore all the exciting Halloween and fall festival happenings this spooky season! From pumpkin patches to haunted houses, fall flavors to ...
A federal trial began Monday in Anchorage for a class-action lawsuit against the Alaska Office of Children’s Services on behalf of all kids in OCS custody. Marcia Lowry, an attorney and director of a ...
Preston Pollard grew up in Alaska. Not exactly the mecca for skateboarders. But Pollard isn’t one to follow in anyone else’s footsteps. After high school, Pollard moved to Los Angeles and became a ...
When former foster youth Matthew Vandenberg took the stand in a downtown courtroom on the first day of a federal trial, he told the judge about a foster placement he and other foster youth called the ...
Parents of children with disabilities in Alaska can apply for grants to help offset the costs of medical services traditional insurance plans do not cover, part of a plan by UnitedHealthcare to bridge ...
Fairbanks, Alaska, gets extremely cold and dark in the winter, and residents turn to all kinds of hobbies to keep seasonal depression at bay. For one man, that includes ornate balloon art projects.