ANCHORAGE, ALASKA—Former Advanced Nurse Practitioner Jessica Joyce Spayd (52) was sentenced in U.S. District Court yesterday to 30 years (360 months) imprisonment for illegally prescribing and dispensing opioids outside the scope of legitimate medical practice that resulted in the deaths of five people between 2014 and 2019. United States District Judge Joshua M. Kindred handed […]
King Cove, AK – The King Cove Group (King Cove Corporation, Agdaagux Tribe of King Cove, Native Village of Belkofski, City of King Cove and the Aleutians East Borough) provided the following statement on the Ninth Circuit Court decision published Thursday. As former U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt recognized, this is a health […]
Alaska State Troopers in Wasilla report that murder suspect, Seth Shacklett, age 35, has been taken into custody for the Wednesday night death of 52-year-old Wasilla resident Nelson Reece. Troopers and EMS were called to the scene of the shooting on Fairview Loop just before 7 pm on Wednesday evening. Found shot, was Reece. Life-saving […]
In mid-June, while standing deep within the northern boreal forest, it’s possible to feel a sensation similar to one felt in mid-December at the same spot. It’s a sting to exposed skin, delivered in December by bitter air and in June by the stab of the mosquito. The mosquito has buzzed its way into most […]
