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Jul 18 2019

Juneau begins to feel budget veto impacts

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Aging, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environment, Health, Juneau, Juneau Schools, Local Government, Politics, Southeast, State Government, University of Alaska

As the Alaska Legislature continues to grapple with the state’s budget, Juneau is dealing with the direct and indirect impacts of Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s budget vetoes.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 18, 2019 6:40 pm

Jul 18 2019

Becky Hultberg, president and CEO of the Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association, gives a presentation about Medicaid expansion at the Alaska Capitol, March 19, 2015. The event was sponsored by Sen. Berta Gardner, D-Anchorage, Rep. Paul Seaton, R- Homer, and Sen. Donny Olson, D-Nome. (Photo by Skip Gray/360 North)

Hospital group sues to block emergency Medicaid payment cut

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | Crime & Courts, Economy, Health, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, State Government

The Alaska State Hospital and Nursing Home Association’s president says the changes should have been handled through the normal process for changing rules.

By Andrew Kitchenman, KTOO and Alaska Public Media | July 18, 2019 5:08 pm

Jul 17 2019

Alaska sees first measles case since 2015

By Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage | 2 Alaska, Health

According to the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, the diagnosis was confirmed Tuesday, in an unvaccinated teenager from the Kenai Peninsula.

By Abbey Collins, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage | July 17, 2019 2:56 pm

Jul 16 2019

The Glory Hall homeless shelter in downtown Juneau. (Photo by Adelyn Baxter/KTOO)

Juneau’s Glory Hall will cut breakfast, lunch service in response to budget vetoes

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | Community, Economy, Health, Housing, Juneau, Politics, Southeast, State Government

The most recent state budget cuts mean the shelter will have to reduce its hours. The building will close from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m., likely starting next month. That means no breakfast and no lunch.

By Adelyn Baxter, KTOO | July 16, 2019 6:04 pm

Jul 16 2019

In this picture taken in early June 2019, tomatoes, peppers, and other vegetables thrive in the scratch-built geodesic greenhouse that Tom Lafollette made at the Annex Creek Hydroelectric Facility in Taku Inlet.

Gardentalk – Harvest potential exploders before the big rain

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Food, Gardentalk, Juneau

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski recommends that you harvest as many ripe cherries and cabbage as you can before they split and become inedible.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | July 16, 2019 6:00 am

Jul 12 2019

Theo Houck looks for pedicab passengers as Volendam passengers disembark in downtown Juneau on July 12, 2019. Houck had taken 6 days off because air quality had gotten unhealthy and he asthma-like symptoms.

Juneau officials lift borough-wide ‘air emergency’

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | Environment, Health, Juneau, Local Government, Outdoors, Southeast, Weather

Anecdotal reports attribute this week’s poor air quality to respiratory problems and canceled hiking tours, though a Bartlett Regional Hospital official says activity there hasn’t been out of the ordinary.

By Jeremy Hsieh, KTOO | July 12, 2019 2:28 pm

Jul 12 2019

How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

By Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Family, Health, Juneau, Mental Health, Science & Tech, Southeast

A trip to the emergency room can be a crucial window to assist people in their recovery. Now some providers are giving patients a medicine to ease the transition so they can seek additional care. Recently, a hospital in Juneau completed one year of this program with encouraging results.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, KTOO | July 12, 2019 12:40 pm

Jul 11 2019

‘Who are the 100?’ If budget vetoes stand, Anchorage shelter says it must choose who stays and who leaves.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska Public Media | Alcohol & Substance Abuse, Community, Economy, Family, Food, Health, Mental Health, Politics, Public Safety, Southcentral, State Government

As prospects for a veto override look increasingly slim, organizations that provide aid to low-income, homeless and other needy Alaskans say they’re facing increasingly difficult choices.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska Public Media | July 11, 2019 4:30 pm

Jul 11 2019

Anchorage leaders brace for ‘unprecedented’ budget situation

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | Economy, Health, Local Government, Politics, Public Safety, Southcentral, State Government

Anchorage Mayor Ethan Berkowitz describes Alaska’s pending fiscal situation as “an act of budgetary terrorism.”

By Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media | July 11, 2019 12:52 pm

Jul 10 2019

Gov. Dunleavy’s veto to agriculture funding alarms advocates of local food

By Renee Gross, KBBI - Homer | Food, State Government

The veto would cut $1.2 million from the state’s Department of Natural Resources in addition to defunding a loan program for farmers. The deadline to override the vetoes is Friday.

By Renee Gross, KBBI - Homer | July 10, 2019 2:18 pm

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Juneau begins to feel budget veto impacts

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Juneau’s Glory Hall will cut breakfast, lunch service in response to budget vetoes

Gardentalk – Harvest potential exploders before the big rain

Juneau officials lift borough-wide ‘air emergency’

How hospital ERs in Alaska are helping patients with opioid use disorder

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Gov. Dunleavy’s veto to agriculture funding alarms advocates of local food

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