The state considered axing the program as early as 2016, during the Walker administration.
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Juneau’s solution to the national health worker shortage? Hire locals and pay to train them.
Alaska usually has some of the most stringent requirements in the country for aspiring CNAs, but it has cut requirements in half during the public health emergency.
Newscast – Monday, Nov. 22, 2021
In this newscast: Juneau care facilities are paying to train and certify nursing assistants; The Dunleavy administration is setting up a task force to address bycatch.
A man in his 20s is Juneau’s 17th coronavirus death
State health officials reported that a Juneau man in his 20s died last week in Anchorage after a medevac.
Alaska’s COVID-19 rates dropped but remain some of the highest in the country
Over the course of the pandemic, nearly one in five Alaskans has been infected with the virus and more than 800 Alaskans have died.
Climate change is making Glacier Bay unstable. Scientists are mapping the risks to visitors.
Geologists say the conditions that can lead to landslide-generated tsunamis are only getting more pronounced in Alaska.