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SITKA — The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium S’áxt’ Hít Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital in Sitka is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Donna L. Smith, MD, as a specialist in obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) and her husband Dr. Robert F. “Bob” Crochelt, MD, PhD, as a general surgeon.
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U.S. Forest Service employee Matt Adams clears brush from a spruce tree he cut down near the Mendenhall Glacier Visitors Center on Monday. Every two or three years, select clearing is done to maintain the view from the pavilion and parking lot.
A renowned diplomat and expert on trade regulation and terrorism efforts will address the Juneau World Affairs Council at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Centennial Hall. Victor Comras will outline themes from his new book “Flawed Diplomacy: The United Nations & the War on Terrorism.” It was published in November by Potomac Books.
Members of the Alaska delegation and others in Congress are vowing to resist a recommendation from the Pentagon to close military bases around the country.
Commercial fisherman in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands and Southwest Alaska will see substantial cuts in the commercial halibut catch this year, though Southeast got an increase.
Alaska legislators today were to take up a bill that would ban substances sold over the counter as bath salts, including chemical compounds that mimic effects of cocaine and ecstasy.
The troubled and expensive re-do of the Port of Anchorage expansion is getting new scrutiny, including an examination of the "design suitability" of the project and an audit of the…
