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Super Bowl Health Tip: Don't Drink and Drive - Opposing Views
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:11:08 GMT

Super Bowl Health Tip: Don't Drink and Drive
Opposing Views
So yesterday I read that more than 3000 miles from where Super Bowl XLVI will be played in the isolated Alaska community of Dillingham, officials have decided to pass a law officially waiving a Sunday ban on alcohol sales at bars and restaurants for ...

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Alaska Senate committee advances health exchange - Boston.com
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:13:04 GMT

Alaska Senate committee advances health exchange
Boston.com
The Senate Finance Committee has advanced legislation that would establish a health care exchange in Alaska. An exchange is a marketplace for coverage options. Under the federal health care law, the government could step in and establish exchanges in ...

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Defending religious liberty - Juneau Empire
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:07:32 GMT

Defending religious liberty
Juneau Empire
Almost all individuals will be forced to buy this coverage as a part of their health care policies. On Sept. 28, 2011, I signed a letter with the other two Catholic Bishops of Alaska and we sent the message to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, ...

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Report: Alaska health care industry booming - Homer News
Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:40:54 GMT

Report: Alaska health care industry booming
Homer News
By Tim Bradner The health care industry is booming in Alaska, and growth will continue. Health care providers pay a $1.53 billion annual statewide payroll with nearly $1 billion of that in the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna regions of Southcentral ...

Report: Alaska health care industry booming - Kenai Peninsula Online
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:36:25 GMT

Report: Alaska health care industry booming
Kenai Peninsula Online
By Tim Bradner The health care industry is booming in Alaska, and growth will continue. Health care providers pay a $1.53 billion annual statewide payroll with nearly $1 billion of that in the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna regions of Southcentral ...
Medicare clinics see surprising shortage of Anchorage patientsTheNewsTribune.com

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Help offered Monday to apply for Health Foundation scholarships - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:08:38 GMT

Help offered Monday to apply for Health Foundation scholarships
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
In 2011, MSHF awarded more than $99000 in scholarships to high school seniors, undergraduates and graduate students with Mat-Su residency pursuing health-related majors. Almost half of these students attended University of Alaska or Mat-Su College.

Wayward ribbon seal receives checkup, is found to be healthy - TheNewsTribune.com
Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:43:42 GMT

Wayward ribbon seal receives checkup, is found to be healthy
TheNewsTribune.com
An Arctic ribbon seal rarely seen in Puget Sound has had its southerly sojourn interrupted for a medical checkup that shows the male is in good health. Associated Press EVERETT, WASH. -- An Arctic ribbon seal rarely seen in Puget Sound has had its ...

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Alaska hospitals expand to keep up with the population - TheNewsTribune.com
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:31:23 GMT

Alaska hospitals expand to keep up with the population
TheNewsTribune.com
A growing population has created a boom in Alaska hospital construction. Providence Health and Services is renovating and expanding a facility in Anchorage. The Chief Andrew Isaac Health Center in Fairbanks is replacing its hospital with a new ...
Alaska hospitals expand to keep up with growthCanadianBusiness.com
Thieves Plague Alaska Health Center Construction SiteClaimsJournal.com
Thieves targets tools, copper wiring from health center construction site in ...The Republic

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Education, health issues on docket for Legislature - TheNewsTribune.com
Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:31:23 GMT

Alaska Dispatch

Education, health issues on docket for Legislature
TheNewsTribune.com
House Democrats and National Education Association-Alaska are among those urging an increase in the base student allocation. The Senate Finance Committee is expected to hear a bill that would establish a health care exchange in Alaska.
Education funding, sending Washington a message on tap for lawmakers this weekThe Republic

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CULTURE DIGEST: Alaska Airlines discontinues prayer cards; Down syndrome kids ... - BP News
Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:59:02 GMT

CULTURE DIGEST: Alaska Airlines discontinues prayer cards; Down syndrome kids ...
BP News
(BP) -- Alaska Airlines is discontinuing a 30-year-old tradition of placing prayer cards on meal trays in order to "respect the diverse religious beliefs and cultural attitudes" of their customers and employees. The cards, which featured verses from ...

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