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Alaska developing plans to introduce deer to southern Kenai Peninsula
Homer News - Alaska
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June 11, 2025
Strategy development for the project follows a public proposal introduced in 2023. The state of Alaska is developing plans to transplant Sitka black-tailed deer to the southern Kenai Peninsula, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced in a...
Medicaid cuts could hit rural hospitals in GOP states, Democrats say
CBS News
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Cuts to federal spending on Medicaid could affect hundreds of rural hospitals in many states that have elected Republican senators and voted for President Trump, Senate Democrats warned Thursday, citing a list they commissioned of rural hospitals...
As Alaska’s schools struggle, lawmakers announce task force to study why
Alaska Public Media
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June 12, 2025
A group of state lawmakers is set to meet this summer and fall to study and discuss ways to improve Alaska’s public schools. Lawmakers passed a bill last month boosting the base of the state’s school funding formula by $700 after overriding Gov....
Alaska detained 42 men arrested by ICE and flown in from out of state, amid federal crackdown
Alaska Beacon
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June 11, 2025
The Alaska Department of Corrections received and detained 42 men in the Anchorage Correctional Complex over the weekend who were arrested outside of the state by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, amid a federal immigration crackdown....
Who has beef with the Republican mega-bill? Alaska’s solar industry, among others.
Alaska Public Media
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June 12, 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Capitol complex is crawling with citizen advocates these days, mobilized by one part or another of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” pending in the Congress. A cluster of anti-hunger champions took a breather Wednesday afternoon...
Empowering Alaska's future, one nurse at a time
Fairbanks Daily News Miner - Alaska
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At the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA), we understand the health of our communities depends on the strength of our workforce. As Alaska’s flagship institution for health education, UAA’s College of Health (COH) is not only preparing students...
Mayville man dead following fall at Ledge County Park in Dodge County
WISC Channel 3000 - Wisconsin
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Kekoskee, Wis. -- A Mayville man died Saturday following a fall at Ledge County Park in Kekoskee. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office reported a 21-year-old Mayville man fell off some rocks and needed medical assistance. Police officials located the...
Retired Alaska fisherman captures Sitka’s fishing life
National Fisherman - Alaska
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After 45 years trolling for salmon on the waters of Southeast Alaska, artist Stephen Lawrie is mixing acrylics with water in his ongoing quest to tell a story in paintings of the commercial fishing industry and the people who call it home....
Anchorage Assembly directs funds towards temporary housing
Alaska's News Source
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June 11, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Homelessness looks to be top-of-mind for the Anchorage Assembly, as Tuesday night’s meeting tackled the topic with a series of resolutions and ordinances. Early in the meeting, an appropriation of over $2.4 million in...
“Remaining Native” is Medicine for Generational Healing
Underscore - Oregon
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June 12, 2025
Gathered inside the longhouse of the Hibulb Cultural Center on May 16, families snuggled up next to one another on the cedar seating along each side and sat in chairs in rows along the middle in silence as “Remaining Native,” the directorial debut...
The 2025 Men’s Health Travel Awards
Men’s Health
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June 12, 2025
LET’S BE HONEST: Not all vacations leave us feeling better. We’re juggling busy lives, packed calendars, and limited PTO. So when we take a trip, whether with friends or family or flying solo, the goal is the same: to come back more energized than...
Opinion: Medicaid cuts would devastate mental health, substance use treatment services in red states
STAT - Massachusetts
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June 12, 2025
When House Republicans voted in the wee hours of the morning of May 22 to cut approximately $700 billion from Medicaid, they moved one step closer to rendering dangerously vulnerable the millions of Medicaid recipients struggling with mental...
As communities grapple with canceled grants, US EPA leader says halted projects in Alaska have ‘fixable’ issues
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright, left, and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, right, spoke during the Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on Tuesday, June 3, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) The...
Cancer survivor raising $1.2M for MCW in 3,800-mile ride to Alaska
Fond du Lac Reporter - Wisconsin
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A Stevens Point man wants to give back to the Medical College of Wisconsin for saving his life. Cancer survivor Dan Winkelman is trying to raise $1.2 million for a pancreatic cancer clinical trial. Winkelman leaves MCW on June 13 and is riding his...
Legal fight: National lawsuits over Trump's executive orders impacting trans students, reproductive health involve Central Coast plaintiffs
SLO New Times - California
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The White House invited Atascadero Unified School District board member Rebekah Koznek to an executive order signing ceremony on March 31 because she's named in a 2024 complaint filed by Moms for Liberty and Young America's Foundation to stop...
How Digital Display Technologies Enhance the Patient Experience at Government Hospitals
FedTech
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The Department of Veterans Affairs provides healthcare at 1,380 health facilities across the country, including 170 VA Medical Centers and 1,193 outpatient sites. And while these hospitals and clinics vary in size and technological sophistication,...
Anchorage Assembly may sue State of Alaska for not treating mentally ill, homeless Alaskans
Must Read Alaska
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June 10, 2025
The Anchorage Assembly will consider a resolution to be introduced during Tuesday’s meeting by Assemblyman George Martinez that would have the city attorney explore the possibility of suing the State of Alaska over its handling of homelessness and...
Anchorage Assembly members propose ordinance to penalize unauthorized squatters on public property
Must Read Alaska
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June 10, 2025
Three members of the Anchorage Assembly will on Tuesday introduce a new ordinance that would reinstate criminal penalties for unauthorized camping on public property. The effort is meant to address the lawless criminal encampments that have...
Health Care Deserts: Where A Lack Of Doctors Could Be Hurting Health Outcomes
24/7 Wall St.
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June 10, 2025
Key Points Aging populations and rising illness rates are leading to a physician shortage in the United States. The availability of physicians varies widely from state to state. The states with the fewest physicians per capita also have high rates...
Planned Parenthood warns last 2 Alaska clinics could close under Republican-backed bill
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Planned Parenthood off Lake Otis Parkway in Anchorage on Wednesday. (Bill Roth / ADN) Health care advocates are warning that a bill under consideration by Congress could cause two clinics providing abortions and other reproductive health care...