Higher fuel prices and logistic challenges are making it harder and more expensive to ship food to Alaska's remote food banks ...

Alaska's food assistance program had the highest payment error rate in the country for a fourth straight year last year, ...

Alaska’s federal food assistance program had the highest error rate in the nation for the fourth consecutive year, according ...

The geography of Alaska is unique and poses unusual burdens on access to food, making the SNAP food benefits in Alaska act as a lifeline to thousands of Alaskans trying to deal with food insecurity ...

Due to long lines and short supplies, Southeast Alaska Food Bank is asking for help to continue providing food to hungry families. “Last week we saw 283 people needing assistance between the two ...

Food is more than fuel — especially in Alaska, says Julia O’Malley. The Anchorage-based food journalist recently published a book, “The Whale and the Cupcake: Stories of Subsistence, Longing, and ...

A backlog of food stamps that began in August has left thousands of people in Alaska struggling for months. The government’s delay of food benefits has exacerbated a preexisting hunger crisis worsened ...

It’s been nearly six months since the Alaska Division of Public Assistance first began to fall behind on processing federal food stamp applications, leaving thousands of Alaskans still waiting for ...

A sign posted on the door of the Division of Public Assistance office in Bethel, Alaska, on Oct. 11, 2023. The office offers full services. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) At the height of ...

“Fishing is more than simply having means to fill the pantry with my favorite food,” says U.S. Representative Mary Peltola (D-AK), the first Alaska Native (Yup’ik) in Congress. Expand your ...