This is the second story in a four-part series from the Alaska Desk called Shelf Life, which looks at food security in Alaska. In the very back corner of Skagway’s only grocery store, a laminated sign ...

Some residents are receiving benefits, but the uncertainty over the past weeks has burdened many in the two states, where the cost of food is the highest in the nation. By Christi A. FoistJack ...

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 ...