A Miami millennial explains what it's like to travel to rural Alaska to help locals file taxes, saving some thousands in fees
Facing frostbite and subzero temperatures, Florida tax attorney Karen Lapekas provided free services to Alaskans in remote ...
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Nearly 2 decades after Alaska school asked state to fund repair, its building is about to collapse
Over the past 25 years, state officials have largely ignored hundreds of requests by rural school districts to fix the ...
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Alaska legislators ask feds to reinstate program that sent money to rural schools
The Alaska House is asking Congress to reinstate the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.
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Alaska House requests support for program that helps rural internet access with billions
The Universal Service Fund benefits Alaska more than any other state but has been challenged in court and could expire.
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Future of some Alaska federal office leases uncertain, including for volcano monitoring
Federal agencies and their associates don’t know who to call during a period of continual uncertainty about federal leases.
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Alaska lawmakers show renewed interest in funding maintenance of school buildings beset by ‘dilapidation’
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development broadly recommends that 3% of building values be allotted annually ...
'Serious condition of dilapidation': Alaska lawmakers show renewed interest in school maintenance funding
Alaska lawmakers are showing renewed interest in addressing a backlog in school building maintenance in the wake of a report detailing the costly ramifications of years of underfunding school ...
Inside the Schools Alaska Ignored
Two inches of raw sewage. Black mold. A bat infestation. Reporter Emily Schwing shares what she uncovered as she investigated ...
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State lawmakers seek answers after report finds squalid conditions at rural public schools
KYUK and ProPublica launched a project highlighting the public health and safety crisis inside Alaska’s rural public schools this month, kicking off a discussion among lawmakers on the powerful Senate ...
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The Silver Wave in Alaska: Baby Boomer Homebuying Trends (2018–2023)
Alaska's housing landscape is undergoing a "silver wave" as the baby boomer generation (born 1946–1964) enters retirement.
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Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska ...
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Alaska legislators ask feds to reinstate program that sent money to rural schools
The Alaska House of Representatives is asking Congress to fix a problem with a program that pays money to rural school districts affected by the decline of the timber industry. On Monday ...