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The article looks at public safety and crime administration in Alaska, especially in remote villages. It highlights the lack of state troopers to respond quickly to rural villages, which led to the creation of a Village Public Safety Officer Program, wherein a village member is employed as a first responder until a trooper arrives. It explores the high rate of violent crimes in Alaska and discusses the challenges faced by village public safety officers.

The article focuses on the initiatives of nonprofit, the Maniilaq Association, for nursing homes and other public facilities in Alaska to be able to provide Alaska Natives with traditional foods. Topics covered include the limited access of Alaska Natives to traditional foods because of regulations on food sourcing, developments at a Kotzebue nursing home since the native foods addition to the Farm Bill, and the challenges facing communities in catering to their Inupiat residents.