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网页5 天之前 · The Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Our journalists fairly and fearlessly report on the people and interests that determine state policy. We’re part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.
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网页6 天之前 · BY: Yereth Rosen - October 3, 2024. Alaska had a record number of drug-overdose deaths in 2023, with a total that was 44.5% higher than in 2022, the state Department of Health said in a report issued this week. The 2023 drug-overdose toll was 357, a number determined through the department’s data …
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网页ABOUT US. Alaska Beacon is an independent, nonpartisan news organization focused on connecting Alaskans to their state government. Alaska, like many states, has seen a decline in the coverage of state news. We aim to reverse that.
Stress, other risk factors associated with poorer health among …
网页17 小时之前 · Alaska adults coping with stress, isolation, housing insecurity or other social or economic problems were much more likely to be in poor health than those who do not face such risks, said a new report issued by the state Department of Health.. The findings, from surveys done in 2022 through a survey known as the Alaska Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, were summarized in a two-page ...
Typhoon Merbok spotlights Alaska’s need for science and climate ...
网页2022年9月28日 · A fish camp in the Nome area, seen on Sept. 24, shows damages wreaked by the remnants of Typhoon Merbok. The day before, President Biden declared a major disaster for a vast stretch of western Alaska that had been slammed with high winds and floods caused by the remnants of that typhoon.
The Alaska Beacon launches with the goal of a better-informed state
网页2022年5月11日 · The Alaska Beacon aims to be an outlet people who want to better understand Alaska and its government can turn to. It’s nonpartisan and independent of any politician, political campaign or vested interest. The Beacon makes Alaska the 27th state covered by States Newsroom, a national nonprofit …
Alaska job growth, driven by big projects, expected to put …
网页2024年1月5日 · Alaska is expected gain 5,400 jobs in 2024, an increase of 1.7% over the past year and enough to nudge total state employment above 2019 levels for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in 2020, according to the newly published annual forecast from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development.. The job outlook was published in the January issue of the department’s ...
Two years in, the Alaska Beacon is going strong
网页May 10, 2024 7:14 pm. The Talkeetna spur road leading into community’s downtown district is seen on March 9, 2024, with Denali and other Alaska Range mountains in the backdrop. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) On Saturday, the Alaska Beacon will mark the second anniversary of its May 11, 2022, launch. Just like this week, the launch week ...
Government & Politics Archives • Alaska Beacon
网页2024年9月26日 · BY: James Brooks - September 25, 2024. Alaska’s three members of Congress joined a majority of the House and Senate in voting to approve a budgetary resolution that averts a government shutdown until at least December. Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, joined the House in voting 341-82 to …
COVID-19 pushed Alaska's death rate higher and life expectancy …
网页2022年12月20日 · The age-adjusted death rate in 2021 was 908.3 per 100,000 people, and Alaskans’ life expectancy was calculated at 77.5 years. That compares to an age-adjusted death rate of 785.3 per 100,000 people and a calculated life expectancy of 80 years in 2020. The 10 leading causes of death in Alaska in 2021, as reported by the state Division of ...