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Alaska will join 42 other states in using an approach intended to streamline applications for the food stamp program.
Charlene Apok sat in front of multiple computer monitors in an Anchorage office and scrolled through a spreadsheet of missing and murdered Indigenous Alaskans.
Studies show violence and overdoses cause more deaths than medical problems.
Overdose deaths in Alaska have been on the rise since the pandemic began, report says Share on Facebook Print article More Alaskans have died of unintentional drug overdoses in Alaska in 2020 than during each of the previous two years, according to a state report released Tuesday. The department cited the “inordinate stress” facing many during the COVID-19 pandemic as one possible explanation for the increase. This fall, there was a 51% increase in new calls to Alaska Careline, the statewide suicide prevention hotline. “(That increase) may indicate that more people are seeking ass...