An Alaska foster youth advocacy organization is suing the state's Office of Children’s Services. The lawsuit claims the ...

As a pediatrician and a mother of three children enrolled in the Anchorage School District, I see firsthand how essential strong public schools are to the health and well-being of Alaska’s kids. In my ...

Some Alaskans remain in foster care until they turn 21. But those living in college dorms or outside traditional foster homes ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The streetside east entrance of the James M. Fitzgerald United States Courthouse and Federal Building is seen on July 8, 2024.

Marcia Lowry outside the federal courthouse in Anchorage on Sept. 8, 2025. She's lead attorney in the class action lawsuit against the Alaska Office of Children's Services. When former foster youth ...

Alaska’s rates for childhood vaccinations are well below the national average, and the percentage of kindergarteners who had received all recommended vaccines was the lowest last year since at least ...

Nearly two dozen children in the tiny village of Sleetmute, Alaska, arrive for school each morning to a small brown building that is on the verge of collapse. Every year for the past 19 years, the ...