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‘People are suffering’: Food stamp woes worsens Alaska hunger

April 23, 2023binomo

EAGLE RIVER, Alaska

Thousands of Alaskans who depend on government assistance have waited months for food stamp benefits, exacerbating a long-standing hunger crisis worsened by the pandemic, inflation and the remnants of a typhoon that wiped out stockpiles of fish and fishing equipment.

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The backlog, which began last August, is especially concerning in a state where communities in far-flung areas, including Alaska Native villages, are often not connected by roads. They must have food shipped in by barge or airplane, making the cost of even basic goods exorbitant. Around 13% of the state’s roughly 735,000 residents received Supplemental Nutrition

Health Update on Jerry Lawler; Reportedly Found Outside of His Home, Still Hospitalized, More – PWMania

February 12, 2023binomo

Various reports of the “serious medical episode” that WWE Hall of Famer Jerry Lawler experienced on Monday night are circulating, but it appears that his health is getting better.

As PWMania.com previously reported, Lawler was hospitalized on Tuesday after what was described as “a serious medical episode” on Monday at his condo in Fort Myers, Florida. Prior to becoming ill and being taken to the hospital, Lawler had earlier gone out to lunch with friends. Action News 5 in Memphis later reported that Lawler had a stroke, underwent successful surgery, and was already making a full recovery.

Investing in you: Student Governing Association plans on expanding mental health services

January 27, 2023binomo

Lafene Health center is working with the student governing association to expand mental health and well-being services at Kansas State University. (Elizabeth Sandstrom _ Collegian Media Group) (2) — Lafene Health center is working with the student governing association to expand mental health and well-being services at Kansas State University. (Elizabeth Sandstrom | Collegian Media Group)

A 24/7 news cycle, the war on terror and terrible things happening in the world — this is what it is like living in a post 9/11 world, Evan Porter, Student Governing Association’s Speaker of the Student Senate, said.

“There’s a lot of other external factors that make our generation uniquely worse off than past generations,” Porter said.

The Student Governing Association is investing $200,000 in expanding Counseling and Psychological Services and an