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When parents have difficulty in life and marriage, the trouble is not isolated to the couple. New understandings about brain development and childhood trauma, called ACES or adverse childhood experiences, has lead doctors and researchers to a much fuller understanding of the lifelong psychological and physical impacts children may experience from separation from a parent, […]

What scares you most? Moose or bear? The facts are: more humans are hurt by moose every year than by bear. Learn what you need to know to live, hike and drive in moose country.

Discouraging reading scores and a K-3 statewide policy to improve Alaska’s scores is one of the hot topics in Juneau these days. Governor Mike Dunleavy and Senator Tom Begich have joined forces in a nonpartisan goal to put the state on track. Alaska students need to improve reading capacity. It’s a lifelong skill that opens […]

As a bike commuter, the culvert under Arctic Valley Boulevard often has been an exciting transit opportunity. I have rolled through water up to my pedals. But a fix in 2020 — a new culvert — is aimed at better managing Chester Creek overflow near Valley of the Moon park.

At least two legal agencies work to protect the civil rights of Alaskans. Today’s show will look at the particular missions of the Northern Justice Project and the ACLU Alaska, with this question in mind: who or what issue would go underrepresented in court if it were not for the unique missions of these two […]

It’s daunting to think how far back I go with Julia O’Malley. Think her high school years. Think her column in the feature section that I edited for the Anchorage Daily News. It was called “Tales of an Ordinary High School Girl,” lucid and fresh musings from the hallways at East High. But that was […]

The Alaska Court of Appeals is an intermediate court of appeals in the Alaska Court System, created in 1980 by the Alaska Legislature as an additional appellate court to lessen the burden on the Alaska Supreme Court. As part of Justice Alaska’s mission to help citizens better understand the role Alaska courts play, we’ll focus […]

Every since watching Shawn Lyons shuffle down my street on his way to a long, slow distance training run, I’ve been curious about him. He plays classical guitar in a local restaurant; he hikes miles and miles and has recorded his findings and references in his four walk-about guides, now entering their second printing. He […]

Back in September, I visited the UAA Engineering and Industry Building for an art reception. The College of Engineering hosted the event to welcome and introduce two artworks created by Alaska artist Sheila Wyne for its new academic building. One piece, Networks, graced the entrance to the building, and the other, Ingenerare, anchored the airy […]

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I wanted to host a program that would guide us toward the right frame of mind. After all, it sometimes feels as if we’re struggling through endless difficulties. Bombarded by threats to a healthy planet; bedrock values that suddenly seem perched on quick sand; a pervasive nastiness toward anything […]