On June 9, a measles case was confirmed in Fairbanks. Alaska health officials believe there is potential for wider community exposure, putting non-immune persons at risk for infection. An adult with recent travel to central Asia developed a rash several days after arriving in Fairbanks, Alaska on May 31. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing for […]
A Tununak fisherman, while fishing off of the coast of Tununak and Toksook Bay called in to report chest pains on Saturday on his vessel’s VHF. A nearby boat responded to 57-year-old Martin Albert’s call and traveled to his vessel to find him unresponsive. Albert was taken to the regional health clinic in Toksook Bay […]
One teen has been arrested and the other has been identified and reported to the Department of Juvenile Justice in connection with the burglary at the Togiak Health Clinic that stopped service there as repairs to the clinic are underway. 18-year-old Brett Pauk was charged with Burglary II, Criminal Mischief I, and Theft IV. A […]
Early Thursday morning, at 6:37 am, a call went in to authorities from a staff member at the Wasilla Veterans Affairs Clinic at 865 North Seward Meridian Parkway reporting a suspicious duffle bag with wires protruding from it near the back door of the clinic. She informed troopers that she had not touched the item […]