A Palmer woman claiming the need for medical attention caused a disturbance twice on Saturday night was arrested to await arraignment after police were called on two occasions, once at Mat-Su Regional, then by EMS after a second call, troopers report. Troopers were called to the hospital by staff for a disturbance at just before […]
Over the years, White House pets have played a role – making the occupants a little more human. President-elect Joe Biden’s dog Major may have overdone that duty. On Saturday, Biden slipped while playing with 2-year-old German shepherd. On Sunday, Biden was diagnosed with hairline fractures of two bones in his midfoot and will likely […]
Cases by Week Reported and Age Group Alaska cases 17,597 COVID-19 cases total in AK residents, with 475 cumulative hospitalizations and 84 deaths. Cases are rising swiftly in most areas of the state and are currently projected to double every 22 days. COVID-19 vaccine in AK You can help distribute the COVID-19 vaccine in […]
“The moral of the story is, he lied to you for months and encouraged you to live recklessly during a pandemic, and when it got to him he received every top tier treatment and medication to ensure his survival while your friends and family died alone.” The case for Medicare for All was once again made by the consequences […]
Dr. James Phillips condemned the “completely unnecessary presidential ‘drive-by’” as “political theater” that endangered the health of everyone who was forced to take part. An attending physician at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center took to Twitter Sunday evening to publicly voice outrage at President Donald Trump’s decision to briefly leave the Maryland hospital […]
“The apparent goal of this unprecedented, coordinated attack on our nation’s public health agencies… was, in the president’s words, to ‘play it down.’” A new analysis out Friday reveals that throughout President Donald Trump’s failed response to the Covid-19 pandemic and its economic fallout that has resulted in the deaths of more than 200,000 Americans and […]
The United States Coast Guard reported that a medevac was launched from Air SStation Kodiak Monday that traveled to Kupreonof Strait in response to an injured crewmember aboard the fishing vessel Rubicon. When the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter arrived at the scene, the injured crewmember was transported to shore via the vessel’s seine skiff and […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska — The Alaska Air National Guard rescued three people on two separate occasions July 7. The first rescue mission involved an aircraft crash 16 miles east of Farewell Lake, and the second was a medevac mission for a woman experiencing life-threatening medical complications in Seward. The first mission was opened […]
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Alaska District will convert the Alaska Airlines Center near Providence Hospital into an alternate care facility for COVID-19 patients in Anchorage. On April 6, the district received a mission assignment from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and subsequent authorization from state partners to […]