Across the country, families are bracing for Nov. 1 when Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) dollars could cease if the federal shutdown isn’t resolved. U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

Shea Siegert, senior manager of external affairs at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, and Kelsey Wallace, president of the Alaska Native Heritage Center, examine a bag of frozen salmon heads ...

By Eva Holland for the Food and Environment Reporting Network. Broadcast version by Laura Hatch for Alaska News Service reporting for the Solutions Journalism Network-Public News Service Collaboration ...

Lines stretched out the door and wrapped around the corner of Anchorage’s Mountain View Community Center on Monday as hundreds of people gathered to pick up a free Thanksgiving dinner, including all ...

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 ...

When Irene Edwards of Anchorage learned that she likely wouldn’t get all of her November food stamp benefits, she stocked up on staples like big bags of rice and dried beans. Though Edwards, 30, does ...

When natural disasters strike in the Lower 48, people affected are compensated for income lost from wage-earning jobs that have been interrupted, as well as lost assets with assigned financial value.