All told, some 97,000 Alaskans, among 56,000 households, were receiving SNAP benefits in April and are set to lose some amount of benefits come September.
Food
Sitka’s drinking water places second at national taste championship
Sitka qualified for the national competition after winning Alaska’s title.
There’s a nationwide Sriracha shortage, and climate change may be to blame
The company that makes Sriracha told customers it will have to stop making the sauce for the next few months due to “severe weather conditions affecting the quality of chili peppers.”
Abbott’s baby formula plant is reopening in a step that could soon ease the shortage
Several babies were sickened and two died after consuming formula made at the plant.
Food aid groups in Alaska say need is approaching early pandemic levels as relief money ends and prices rise
More and more Alaskans need help with food as prices spike at the gas pump and on grocery shelves, while pandemic relief dollars dry up, local providers say.
Alaska parents look desperately for baby formula as nationwide shortage persists
Parents across the state and country have been facing an infant formula shortage since February.