Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.
SHA deploys mental health professionals to aid evacuees
SaskToday.ca
·
June 10, 2025
The SHA is providing mental health and wellness support to wildfire evacuees across Saskatchewan as the crisis continues. SASKATOON — The Saskatchewan Health Authority has deployed resources to support the emotional and mental well-being of...
Opinion: It’s time to speak up for Alaska’s national wildlife refuges
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
·
Volunteers head out to conduct research on bear and salmon at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge. (Lisa Hupp/USFWS). Huge herds of migrating caribou. Musk ox in their shaggy coats. Bears, wolves, wolverines. Sheep and goats high in the mountains....
Missouri slips in kids' health ranking, bottom third in US
KSDK - Missouri
·
June 10, 2025
Missouri ranks poorly for children's health with 37 deaths per 100,000, high firearm fatalities and low-birth weight babies impacting ratings. MISSOURI, USA — Missouri ranked in the bottom third of all states for children’s health, according to a...
Mountaineer dies after falling 3,000 feet from Mount McKinley in Alaska
FOX 6 - Wisconsin
·
FILE-A view of Mount Denali or Mount McKinley in Denali National Park, Alaska, 2003. (Photo by Buddy Mays/Getty Images). A mountaineer died after he fell 3,000 feet from Alaska’s Mount McKinley, also known as Denali. Alex Chiu was ascending Mount...
Jean Anne McVicar Mendelsohn Died on March 28, 2025: Memorial Service is on June 21st
MyHometownBronxville
·
By the family June 16, 2025: Jean Anne McVicar Mendelsohn died peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours of March 28, 2025, at home, with her husband, Dick Mendelsohn, by her side. She was 79 years old. Jean was born to Anne Lister...
First NFHS Flag Football Rules Book Now Available
The Record - Texas
·
June 16, 2025
The first rules publication for high school flag football – the nation’s fastest-growing emerging sport – is now available for purchase from the NFHS. The 2025-26 NFHS Flag Football Rules Book, and rules publications for six other fall sports, are...
Senate releases Trump tax and Medicaid blueprint
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
·
June 16, 2025
Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) on Monday released the Senate’s long-awaited version of President Trump’s tax agenda, which would make the 2017 corporate tax cuts permanent, cut hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid...
UAA grad student investigates the connection: volcanoes, lake trout and public health
Alaska Native News
·
June 10, 2025
Outgassing on Mt. Griggs, a stratovolcano in Katmai National Park. The yellow color in the rocks is from high sulfuric content (Photo courtsey Paul Gabriel) Residents of Southcentral Alaska have been preparing for the possible eruption of Mt....
ENR West Top Design Firms: West Coast Firms Move Cautiously Amid Uncertain Outlook
Engineering News Record
·
June 16, 2025
Design firms across the Western U.S. are navigating a year defined less by sharp downturns and more by cautious progress. While uncertainty remains, a dramatic slowdown hasn’t materialized. Clients aren’t disappearing, they’re just moving more...
Trump's budget may put health care for Native Americans at risk
The Oklahoman
·
Lawmakers from both parties said Thursday that President Donald Trump’s budget would put care for millions of Native Americans at risk should the government shut down. The Indian Health Service, which is the federal agency responsible for...
Army Identifies 101st Airborne Pilot Killed in Apache Helicopter Crash
Military.com
·
June 16, 2025
The Army on Friday identified the soldier killed in an AH-64 Apache helicopter crash last week near the Kentucky-Tennessee border as Chief Warrant Officer 2 Dustin K. Wright, a pilot assigned to the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade. Wright, 40, was...
Homer Senior Citizens shares update on financial recovery
Homer News - Alaska
·
June 16, 2025
The nonprofit disclosured last year it had substantial unpaid payroll taxes and outstanding invoices. By Chloe Pleznac Homer News Writer • June 16, 2025 2:30 am Homer Senior Citizens, Inc is working with U.S. senators and federal agencies to...
Senate version of Trump agenda bill cuts more from Medicaid: GOP aides
KTAL News - Texas, Louisiana
·
June 16, 2025
The Senate’s version of a bill to enact President Trump’s agenda goes further to reduce Medicaid spending than the House-passed bill does, according to GOP aides familiar with the legislation. GOP aides say it will go further to tighten...
Assessing APA: Insights From 15 Financial Analysts
Benzinga
·
June 16, 2025
15 analysts have shared their evaluations of APA APA during the recent three months, expressing a mix of bullish and bearish perspectives. The table below provides a concise overview of recent ratings by analysts, offering insights into the...
Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference 2025 left unspoken what Alaskans truly value
Alaska Beacon
·
June 7, 2025
At the conclusion of the 2025 Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference much attention was given to profitability of fossil fuels, while far less was said about the meaning of “sustainability” itself. In fact, both Alaskans and the principles of...
Five epic cruises to the world’s most iconic destinations
The New Zealand Herald
·
June 16, 2025
Exploring the Mekong Delta by river cruise For centuries, the mighty Mekong River has been a primary source of life in Asia. It flows through China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, passing villages, farms, cities, and temples. My...
Missouri continues to lag behind most states in children’s health, report finds
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
·
June 9, 2025
(Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). June 9, 2025 5:21 pm Missouri ranked in the bottom third of all states for children’s health, according to a report released Monday — due in part to a high rate of child and teen deaths. The annual Kids Count...
Former Anchorage nurse practitioner convicted on 12 felony counts in opioid case
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
·
Kris Kile at her arraignment in Anchorage Superior Court on Wednesday, March 11, 2020. (Anne Raup / ADN) An Anchorage jury on Friday convicted Kris Rhodes Kile, a former nurse practitioner, of 12 felonies related to dispensing powerful opioids to...
Alaska promotes ‘School Health Model’ with DEI, gender-fluidity, sexual counseling
Alaska Watchman
·
May 30, 2025
For several years now, employees in Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s State Health Department have aggressively pushed a so-called “School Health Model,” which encourages Alaska school districts across the state to adopt a program that embraces DEI,...
ICE officials send 40 immigration detainees to Alaska correctional facilities
KBRW - Alaska
·
June 9, 2025
The Alaska Department of Corrections, which handles the state’s jails and prisons, has taken in 40 people who were detained outside of the state by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The move comes amid a national crackdown on immigration...