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COVID-19 Faculty Research and Exploring Rural Alaska
Associate Dean, School of Security and Global Studies. Left to right: Flying by Mt. Rainer (Seattle) and the mountain coast south of Anchorage. Images courtesy of Kristi Drexler. In early August, we had the opportunity to visit the Native village of Ouzinkie (pronounced “you-ZINK-ee”), a small community on Spruce Island...
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Rural Cancer Screening: Providence Alaska Medical Center reveals new mobile mammography coach
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) -Providence Alaska Medical Center (PAMC) revealed this fall a new weapon it’s using to fight breast cancer. On September 30th, Providence held a blessing and ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new, donor-funded, 36-foot Freightliner mobile mammography coach. PAMC said that the new coach will allow them to continue providing mammograms to Alaskans statewide.
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Mountain Huntress Clinic Returns to Anchorage on November 1
The Alaska Wild Sheep Foundation and B.O.W. Alaska are hosting a Mountain Huntress Clinic in Anchorage on Saturday, November 1, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Rabbit Creek Shooting Park. The clinic costs $60 per participant, and online registration opens Monday, October 6 at 12 p.m. The event requires...
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Su Valley Voice for October 2, 2025: Sunshine Community Health Center
This week on Su Valley Voice, we checked in with Sunshine Communnity Health Center. Our guests were Teri Schweitzer, Terri Gagne, and Heather Barnes from the Behavioral Health Department and Licensed Practical Nurse Sara Heller. The discussion included SCHC’s monthly focus of immunizations as well as new and upcoming programs in the Behavioral Health Department.
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CHS Alaska hospital names CEO
Taylor Rudd was appointed CEO of Mat-Su Regional Medical Center in Palmer, Alaska, part of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems, according to a Sept. 22 hospital Facebook post. Mr. Rudd assumed his new role Sept. 22, bringing more than a decade of hospital leadership experience, according to the post. Most...
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‘This is a blessing’: Anchorage shuttle connects Fairview residents to food and prescriptions
Will Campos boarded the new Fairview shuttle one Sunday afternoon, headed to the grocery store. He was hoping to get three weeks worth of food. “I’ll just get what I could fit in this bag,” he said, laughing wryly and gesturing to a duffel on the seat beside him.
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New therapy clinic opens in Fairbanks accepting Medicaid
3 Alaskans cut from NFL rosters, waived from respective teams ahead of Week 1. Three Alaskan players missed the final 53-man rosters of their respective NFL teams after cuts were made Tuesday. Wasilla man seen on video being tased, punched by police at state fair opens up on what happened.
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She ‘bit into a biscuit and broke’ her tooth: Dental needs expected to increase in Alaska with Medicaid cuts
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She ‘bit into a biscuit and broke’ her tooth: Dental needs expected to increase in Alaska with Medicaid cuts
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Connie Register said her dentures were already on their last leg when she experienced the final straw: last week, she bit into a biscuit and broke another tooth. “I use superglue to hold them together, and after a while, they don’t fit,” Register said. “You can’t...
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces $500 million cancelled in COVID-19 and flu vaccine development
‘Kill them with kindness’: waitress stunned by generous act following bike theft. Earlier this week, a bike was stolen from the Village Inn on Northern Lights Boulevard, despite being locked up. New gas tax faces public hearing at Mat-Su Borough Assembly meeting. Updated: 5 hours ago. A proposed fuel...
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Health providers remind parents to vaccinate their students before school starts
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HCA Alaska hospital taps CEO, 4 other leaders in 2025
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare’s Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage has appointed five new C-suite leaders in 2025, including a new CEO. Mark Roberts was named CEO in June, according to the hospital’s website. He joined HCA Healthcare in 2011 and most recently served as COO of Corpus Christi Medical Center in Texas. He previously held the COO role at Memorial Satilla Health in Waycross, Ga.
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New CEO Leads Revamped Alaska Regional Hospital Administration Team
A new administration team is at the helm of Alaska Regional Hospital. Mark Roberts joined Alaska Regional Hospital as CEO in June. Roberts has been with HCA Healthcare, Alaska Regional’s parent company, since 2011. He most recently served as COO at HCA Healthcare’s Corpus Christi Medical Center in Texas. Roberts’ career began in patient care as a radiologic technologist, and he advanced to oversee the imaging program at UC Davis Medical Center in California. Later he accepted a position as head of imaging and catheterization lab services at King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre in Saudi Arabia. Roberts holds a master’s degree in health administration from Webster University and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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Mat-Su Regional Medical Center Seeking State Approval for 45-Bed Behavioral Health Hospital
The forty-five-bed behavioral health facility would be located on a 10-acre site near the Mat-Su Regional Medical Center campus near Trunk Road. Mat-Su Regional Medical Center and Mat-Su Health Foundation have plans for a forty-five-bed behavioral health center. The hospital and its nonprofit co-owner submitted an application for a certificate of need, which state regulators would have to approve to allow new healthcare capacity to be built in the area.