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THURS: Ruidoso starts rebuilding after devastating flash flood kills 3, + More
KUNM - New Mexico
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July 10, 2025
New Mexico village rebuilds all over again after record-breaking flash flood kills 3 - By Morgan Lee, Susan Montoya Bryan, and Roberto Rosales, Associated Press RUIDOSO, N.M. (AP) — The mountain village of Ruidoso returned to the grim rituals of...
Government Hospitals Enhance the Patient Experience With Digital Display Technologies
HealthTech
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The Department of Veterans Affairs provides healthcare at 1,380 health facilities across the country, including 170 VA Medical Centers and 1,193 outpatient sites. And while these hospitals and clinics vary in size and technological sophistication,...
Alaska Permanent Fund sets another new all-time high, second time this month
Must Read Alaska
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June 28, 2025
The Alaska Permanent Fund, the state’s constitutionally protected savings account built on oil revenues and investments, has hit another record, topping $84.2 billion as of Friday — the second time this month it has set an all-time high. According...
85-year-old woman dies days after being hit by SUV on south Anchorage road
Alaska's News Source
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July 2, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - An 85-year-old woman died nine days after she was hit by a car and hospitalized with serious injuries along a south Anchorage roadway. The Anchorage Police Department reported Tuesday that Clara Mattice died from her...
How Alaska’s pivotal Republican senator decided to vote for Donald Trump’s bill
KINY - Alaska
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July 2, 2025
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, arrives for a closed-door Republican meeting to advance President Donald Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, June 27,...
Site of former Native Hospital in downtown Anchorage to become RV resort
Alaska's News Source
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July 2, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two summers ago, the lot at Third Avenue and Ingra Street in downtown Anchorage was the site of a sprawling homeless camp which — following concerns over public safety — was eventually cleared by the city in an abatement...
University of Alaska staff files petition to form union
Alaska's News Source
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July 1, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Permanent staff from all universities and community campuses across the University of Alaska filed a petition with the Alaska Labor Relations Agency (ALRA) to form a union. Their union, CAUSE-UAW (Coalition of Alaska...
‘It terrible for everybody’: Anchorage sees spike in infant deaths
Alaska's News Source
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July 2, 2025
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The Anchorage Police Department (APD) has responded to nearly double the number of infant deaths this year, compared to last year. According to the department, the city had four infant deaths in 2024, but has already had...
An investigation found a Juneau woman’s death was an overdose. Her family is still searching for answers.
KTOO - Alaska
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July 1, 2025
Tanya Ulrich holds a picture of her sister, Isabel Sam, with family on May 20, 2025. (Photo by Yvonne Krumrey/KTOO) Content warning: this story contains details about suspected sexual violence against women. On a cold afternoon in January 2023,...
Murkowski, Sullivan vote for budget bill that could strip health benefits from thousands of Alaskans
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Alaska's U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. (Marc Lester / ADN) Both of Alaska’s U.S. senators voted Tuesday in favor of a budget reconciliation bill that includes many of President Donald Trump’s domestic priorities, including...
Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' hits Alaska
Northern Light - Alaska
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Senator Lisa Murkowski. Photo Courtesy of Politico. On July 1, the U.S. Senate voted to pass the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which is currently on its way to be passed into law, according to the White House. In a clip provided by Time, J.D....
Civil rights groups, attorneys demand DOC and ICE meet civil detention standards for detainees at Anchorage jail
Alaska Native News
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July 1, 2025
Access to legal counsel, medical care, and punitive measures have been reported by federal detainees in the state facility Anchorage Correctional Complex. Image- Alaska Department of Corrections ANCHORAGE — On Saturday, the American Civil...
Rep. Begich celebrates passage of tax-cut bill
Alaska Journal of Commerce
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Congressman Nick Begich gave opening remarks during the Resource Development Council's 50th Annual Membership Luncheon at the Dena'ina Center in Anchorage on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. (Bill Roth / ADN) Alaska’s lone U.S. Rep. Nick Begich...
New leadership at UF Health Jacksonville’s Department of Pediatrics after internal investigation
104.5 WOKV - Florida
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July 2, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — UF Health Jacksonville has officially named a new chair of its Department of Pediatrics, following an internal investigation into the department’s leadership - a development Action News Jax Ben Becker first reported on Monday....
The One Big Beautiful Bill will have ballot box repercussions (Letters)
Denver Post - Colorado
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July 10, 2025
Disappointment in lawmakers expressed after ‘The One Big, Beautiful Bill’ passage Re: “GOP milestone: House gives final approval in tight vote to Trump’s big tax bill,” July 4 news story While Republicans claim that their “The One Big Beautiful...
Walmart recalls: Chainsaws that don’t turn off, undeclared peanuts in Ritz crackers
MLive - Michigan
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July 10, 2025
This week’s recalls and consumer warnings at America’s largest retailer include chainsaws with an off switch that doesn’t work and incorrectly labeled Ritz cracker sandwiches. With thousands of products on shelves and available online, Walmart...
Tribal nations work to bridge the gap in healthcare access
Utah Public Radio
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July 2, 2025
Editor's note: This story was produced for Our Living Lands, a collaboration of the Mountain West News Bureau, Koahnic Broadcast Corporation, and Native Public Media focusing on the impact of climate change on Indigenous communities across the...
Medicaid cuts in Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill could cripple some of Arizona’s rural hospitals
Cronkite News - Arizona
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July 1, 2025
In this 2019 file photo, a nurse performs a checkup at the Patina Wellness Center in Phoenix. (File photo by Ricky Cornish/Cronkite News) WASHINGTON – Large cuts to Medicaid in the massive tax and spending plan that Republicans are finalizing...
Trump bill backed by Alaska senators draws sharp response
Your Alaska Link
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Some Alaska leaders are speaking out against a major federal bill backed by former President Donald Trump, warning it could harm thousands of residents across the state. In a recent New York Times op-ed titled “Alaska Cannot Survive This Bill,”...
University of Alaska non-teaching staff file petition to form union
KTOO - Alaska
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July 1, 2025
A University of Alaska Southeast shuttle stopped at an intersection at UAS on April 16, 2025. (photo by Jamie Diep/KTOO) Non-teaching staff across the University of Alaska system are working to form a union. Organizers delivered a petition and...