Late on a cold Tuesday in January, a plane evacuating 201 Americans from Wuhan, China landed in Anchorage. Each passenger was screened for COVID-19 and sent on their way to California. No one was talking about a global pandemic. Just a week prior, the World Health Organization had belatedly confirmed human-to-human transmission while continuing […]
We are the Youth Leaders of Prince of Wales, a group of teens consisting of ages from 12-17 that are part of a Youth Leadership Program run by the Prince of Wales Health Network in Southeast Alaska. We are a combined group from the nine communities across the length of the island and are […]
There’s a saying in dog mushing: you’re only as strong as your weakest dog. Of course, this applies to any team, or any life situation where people must work together. In rural Alaska, we understand this reality better than most. Right now, we must stick together to protect rural health care. A bill before […]
Despite decreased commercial air carrier services, Troopers will still get to calls for help across Alaska To most people throughout the United States, traditional law enforcement response usually involves an officer responding to a call for service in a police car. You know- a marked patrol car with the city or state name proudly […]