Ketchikan residents 65 and older volunteered more than 2,700 hours last year. And that’s just those reporting to AARP. Throughout the region, seniors fill gaps in social-services networks.
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Mayoral brochure causes upset with some Juneau Assembly members
In a news release Monday, Juneau Assembly member Debbie White condemned mayoral candidate Karen Crane’s use of an old assembly photo on campaign materials.
Aging Southeast: Senior vets face extra challenges
Veterans in remote Southeast Alaska face a lack of access to health care, transportation limitations and the high cost of living. But in Haines, older vets have a support network at the American Legion Hall.
Aging Southeast: Region’s senior population growing quickly
About 9,200 Southeast Alaskans are 65 and older. That’s almost a one-third increase over five years ago. It puts Southeast’s average age at about five years higher than Alaska as a whole.
Aging Southeast: Finding a home in assisted living, if there’s space
Due to a shortage of assisted living homes, some of Southeast Alaska’s aging residents can’t stay in their home communities.
Leverage your leopard: The biz behind Alaska’s only zoo
If you’ve ever wanted to feed a snow leopard, a moose, or a pack of wolves, this year you’ve got a chance. Albeit, for a tidy sum.