Hospital administrators gave U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola a tour in hopes of securing her support for the hospital replacement project.
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Petersburg’s Water Department is asking residents to complete a survey to help screen for toxic metals in community’s water system.
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Some groups in Petersburg have redoubled their efforts to distribute Narcan kits. But local police leadership has questions about how much it’s actually helping.
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The CEO of Petersburg’s hospital received national recognition last month for his contributions to rural healthcare. Phil Hofstetter was named the Alaska’s 2023 Community Star by the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health.
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Petersburg’s medical center has brought back colonoscopy services after a five-year pause. Many residents are excited — and relieved — that they won’t have to travel far away from home to prepare and recover from the exam.
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The Alaska Division of Air Quality issued its first smoke alert of the year for Southeast Alaska at 9 a.m on July 13th. The region will be impacted by smoke from wildfires raging just over the Canadian border. As of Friday, July 7th, traces of smoke became visible across Alaska. Now, the winds have shifted and the fires have gotten worse.
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The small island community of Petersburg is dealing with a new wave of COVID-19 cases in the wake of several large public gatherings.
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Southeast Alaska has seen an uptick in fentanyl-laced pills. Fentanyl is a highly addictive opioid fifty to a hundred times stronger than morphine. In Petersburg and other Southeast communities, law enforcement has found fentanyl most often in counterfeit blue pills which are designed to look like the prescription opioid oxycontin.
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