The Indian Health Service recently announced Alaska is receiving more than $440 million to improve sanitation infrastructure in communities across the state. The funding is awarded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, Congressionally Directed Spending, and the FY23 IHS enacted budget. 

An Anchorage man was sentenced on September 5th to 14 years in prison for distributing large quantities of controlled substances in Alaska.

House Bill (HB) 172 increased access to behavioral health crisis services in less restrictive settings by adding an intermediate, sub-acute level of care, which allows individuals in behavioral health crisis to divert from institutional settings.

The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) has admitted a newborn female northern sea otter pup from Homer.

For the first time in Alaskan history, the freezing or not freezing of the Kenai River may net someone a $5,000 cash prize.

The Alaska Department of Health, Division of Public Assistance (DPA) has cleared the backlog of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications and recertifications submitted prior to June 2023.

Mayor Peter A. Micciche declared a state of emergency on September 14 for the Kenai Peninsula Borough due to areawide flooding affecting the Kenai Peninsula Borough.

The Sterling Highway is partially closed due to a motor vehicle accident at MP 110, near the Central Emergency Services Station 6 and Tustumena Elementary in Kasilof.