By reviewing cases and statistics, state health officials hope to find a more holistic and comprehensive way to prevent fatalities.
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Man sentenced for 2017 death of Kake woman
More than eight years after 19-year-old Kake resident Jade Williams was killed at a party, a man has been sentenced for causing her death.
Foster youth organization sues OCS for alleged lack of food and necessities
The organization claims the Office of Children’s Services has failed to provide funds for food and basics to older youth placed in shelters and dormitories.
Alaska’s first on-site addiction treatment for those who overdose launches with pilot programs
Emergency responders will offer people medication to help them make it through a critical window when overdose survivors are at high risk of dying.
Alaska kicks off billion-dollar effort to ‘transform’ rural health care
Alaska is set to receive $273 million per year for five years from the program, created as part of President Trump’s spending- and tax-cut law passed this summer.
National Native helpline for domestic violence and sexual assault to open Alaska-specific service
Alaska has the third-highest rate of intimate partner violence against women in the nation, and men kill women in Alaska at a higher rate than anywhere else in the country.