Parents of a Mt. Edgecumbe High School student who died last spring have been trying ever since to recover his personal belongings from the school. The late teen’s mother is looking for closure and accountability.
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A year after record demand, Food Bank of Alaska says need is higher than ever
Data is incomplete for 2024, but Food Bank of Alaska CEO Cara Durr says her organization has seen a rise in requests for food aid, and ran out of food during several community events this year.
SEARHC to acquire downtown Juneau medical clinic
Southeast Medical Clinic will join SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium in April of next year.
Juneau rolls out a new mobile crisis team
The team is made up of a Capital City Fire Rescue paramedic and a Bartlett Regional Hospital clinician. Crisis care consists of immediate response to a situation or crisis, further assessment of the person undergoing the emergency, stabilization, and follow-up involving other services.
Juneau residents wary of proposed utility rate hikes down the pipe
The city’s utility division proposes increasing the flat residential water rate by just over 10% starting next July and each year until 2029. The proposed sewer increase is nearly 13% each year.
Ketchikan ER doctors work months without pay after collapse of staffing firm
PeaceHealth Ketchikan is now paying the emergency physicians, but it’s unclear whether they’ll be made whole for the lost wages.