Need: Mentors for youth aging out of the state foster care safety net
Alaska has approximately 3,000 youth in foster care, and many of these young people have stepped forward to ask for a mentor. Their wish...
Lyrics and riffs with Portugal. The Man’s Eric Howk
Their Grammy-winning "Feel It Still" is kinetic, playful but also provoking. How did it happen and what's next? We listen to tunes and get an update from band member Eric Howk.
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ASD school superintendent answers questions about back-to-school
Superintendent Dr. Deena Bishop was a guest on Hometown Alaska this week. We plan to discussed the COVID-19 community risk assessment and how ASD...
Teens use storytelling to work out personal challenges, find meaning
UPDATE August 3, 2020. The podcasts we sampled for this show are now published in full and available to the public. Find them here.
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Listeners question Anchorage police. Take a listen.
On June 15—in light of the killing of George Floyd beneath the knee of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, plus intense local,...
Young Alaskans and young Ugandans share COVID stories over Zoom and letters
A non profit program in Alaska that fosters inclusive community set out to link Alaska youth with Uganda youth via Zoom and letter-writing as...
COVID-19: How artists and a housing agency collaborated to reduce loneliness for isolated seniors
Cook Inlet Housing Authority serves about 600 Alaska seniors in independent living situations in CIHA buildings. Most are in Anchorage, at Centennial Village and...
Why being civil matters: Heather Lende on surviving small-town politics
Book number four, from Heather Lende, is about why and how people in small towns find a way—usually—to remain civil to one another.
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Foragers share their passion for finding wild foods
In this time of COVID-19, I am spending a lot of time outdoors. We are surely blessed with one of the greatest systems of...
Advocate and police union president discuss community policing
The tragic death of George Floyd beneath the knee of a white Minneapolis police officer, captured on video, has sparked national and global scrutiny...
Anchorage Public Library Director Mary Jo Torgeson on navigating COVID-19 while serving the public
The comfortable, reliable, always available public library took a whacking under COVID-19. The facility closed its doors to the public, while within, employees worked...
Where does hydroponics fit into Alaska’s food system? Hear perspectives from three year-round farmers.
Alaskans take to growing flowers and food with vigor in our short growing season. And this year, with physical distancing thanks to the coronavirus,...
Alaska musicians: How are they surviving without audiences?
Kevin Worrell of Parlor in the Round had a music performance event planned March 12, 2020. As he recalls, his team spent the morning...
Jobs, family brought many Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to Alaska. Will they stay?
Alaska Public Media will feature a new television documentary, ASIAN AMERICANS, on Monday and Tuesday, May 11 and 12, at 7 p.m. each evening....
Buying a slice of The Greatland: How to buy state-owned land in Alaska
My first question when I learned that Alaskans can still acquire state land was to ask if that was through homesteading. The answer is...
Making good decisions about screen time with your kids
No, this is not a report detailing what a bad parent you are because you let your children play for hours on tablets, phones...
How Alaska courts wrestle with COVID-19 constraints
Every American institution and most aspects of everyday life are impacted by efforts to quell the spread of the coronavirus. Public schools are closed....
Alaska’s state arts council: Coming back from the shutdown
When Gov. Mike Dunleavy signed the state budget on April 7, it included funding vetoes for the university system, ferry service, Medicaid, school bond...
Tackling homelessness, 2.0: Investing private $ for public good
It is fair to say that before the coronavirus arrived to terrify us all, one public debate that has rankled and confounded Anchorage residents...
New study on Arctic warming: Was 2017 a tipping point?
The guests on this Hometown Alaska have all been working on a study of ecosystem changes in the Bering and Chukchi Seas. They are...