The Alaska Health Analytics and Vital Records Section (HAVRS) and Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention (OSMAP) have released the 2022 Drug Overdose Mortality Update. This report is now available on the HAVRS Data and Statistics website. Drug overdoses are a significant contributor to mortality in Alaska and represent an ongoing public health concern. […]
ANCHORAGE — Thursday, the ACLU of Alaska and the law firm of Friedman Rubin filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) on behalf of the family of James Rider, one of the 18 people who died while incarcerated in 2022. In addition, attorney Vance Sanders is filing a similar suit […]
Alaska State Troopers report that the Dillingham police received a call from a Dillingham resident that two bodies were located inside a residence in that community on Saturday morning. Dillingham police and Dillingham-based troopers responded to the 10 am call near the airport, secured the scene and opened an investigation. It was immediately determined that […]
NOAA increases award to $20,000 as endangered Steller sea lions continue to turn up dead in the Copper River Delta. Note: NOAA Fisheries has revised the original web story posted on July 26, 2023, to better reflect the original intent. At this point we don’t know who is responsible for the recent marine mammal mortalities, and […]