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Company recalls 16-ounce bags of carrot chips sold in AK

Bolthouse Farms is recalling 16-ounce bags of Bolthouse Farms Carrot Chips.

Local foods leap onto the menu of Juneau schools

Local foods leap onto the menu of Juneau schools

Move over chicken nuggets, smoked salmon is now on the menu at some Juneau schools.

Child Maltreatment conference focuses on lifelong effects of childhood trauma

The lifelong effects of childhood trauma have been the subject of talks among the 350-some participants in the Alaska Child Maltreatment Conference held in Anchorage this week

Bartlett hospital board votes to terminate consulting contract

Bartlett hospital board votes to terminate consulting contract

Bartlett Regional Hospital is severing its longstanding ties with Quorum Health Resources.

Bartlett hasn’t bought drugs from Mass. pharmacy linked to deadly meningitis cases in over a year

It’s been more than a year since Juneau’s Bartlett Regional Hospital has purchased drugs from the Massachusetts facility associated with a deadly outbreak of fungal meningitis.

Alaska woman wins national award for elder care

An Alaska woman has won a national award for her efforts to bring culturally important care for Alaska Native elders.

State wants study of Medicaid expansion costs

The state is soliciting proposals for a study on the cost of Medicaid expansion in Alaska.

One injured in Sitka Coast Guard boiler explosion

A civilian contractor was injured Wednesday at Coast Guard Air Station Sitka when a biomass boiler exploded in the station’s main hangar. This incident happened … more

Court upholds parental notification law

Anchorage Superior Court released a decision upholding Alaska’s parental notification law on Monday.

No meningitis cases reported in Alaska

State health officials say none of the medication implicated in a meningitis outbreak made its way to Alaska.