Defendant prescribed ~4.5 million opioids with little to no medical justification causing addiction, suffering and deaths across Alaska. ANCHORAGE – A federal jury convicted an Eagle River nurse practitioner on 10 felony counts, including five counts of distribution of a controlled substance resulting in death, four counts of distribution and dispensing of a controlled substance […]
Walker: ‘Today, my thoughts are with those who have struggled with addiction or lost a loved one to opioids’ ANCHORAGE – The State of Alaska this week announced a settlement with pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids and played a role in perpetuating the public health crisis that harmed countless Alaskans. $26 billion will be distributed nationally […]
(Anchorage, AK) – On Friday, March 6, 2020, a State grand jury indicted Anchorage nurse practitioner, Kris Kile, and co-defendant Kathryn Herman, with manslaughter in charges stemming from the March 2015 fatal overdose of a 22-year old Anchorage woman, Courtney Jones. Kile is alleged to have prescribed opioids to Herman — a woman she should […]
Leaves are shifting from vibrant greens to the yellows, reds and browns of fall. Crisp autumn air and vivid sunrises greet us in the mornings. Long days filled with endless activity are fading. Fall has a different cadence. The end of summer is when we begin to slow down, reflect and settle in with our […]