“How many more Americans have to die and suffer before Congress has the guts to end this greed?” asked Sen. Bernie Sanders. Major pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. hiked the prices of nearly 870 prescription medications during the first month of the new year as lock-step Republicans and right-wing Democrats—flush with cash from drugmakers—continue to block legislation […]
The search initiated for a Ketchikan mother and her five-year-old child on Thursday reached an unfortunate conclusion when the child was located deceased at 2:45 pm on Friday afternoon troopers revealed. 36-year-old Jennifer Treat, and her son, Jaxson Brown set out on a hiking trip on the Lunch Creek Trail on Wednesday afternoon and […]
(Anchorage, AK) — Following reports of the sweeping legislation set to be unveiled by Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats to drastically lower prescription drug costs and hold insurance companies accountable, Protect Our Care Executive Director Brad Woodhouse released the following statement: “The landmark legislation Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have crafted is the most sweeping […]
Image: Jay Cable of Fairbanks hikes a ridge of cottongrass on a trek from the Dalton Highway to Eureka. Photo by Ned Rozell. On a Saturday morning near the summer solstice, nine people stood on a smoothed pile of gravel at Mile 5 of the Dalton Highway. A man talking to the group, the […]