About 12% of the state’s population, or 92,100 people, receive food stamps in Alaska. The average payment per Alaskan household member per month is $271. In the Last Frontier State, households ...

President Donald Trump’s order to pause the spending of billions of dollars in federal grants triggered a wave of anxiety, fear and uncertainty on Tuesday in Alaska, a state dependent more than any ...

To the editor: In a Thursday, Jan. 16, letter, Kelly Nash urges Alaska’s senators to confirm ... should simply rubber-stamp all of the nominees, despite serious concerns about some of them.