“Keeping them on the Vivitrol calms down the brain so that they’re not constantly thinking about where’s that next hit coming from,” says family nurse practitioner Jyll Green.
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Kachemak sea otter sickness, deaths under investigation
“Something is hitting them harder and faster, in addition to the disease that we’re familiar with seeing, something else seems to be involved,” says Marc Webber with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Homer,
After pause, Anchorage software boondoggle back on line
The original estimate was that the SAP software would be up and running across municipal departments by 2011 at a cost $10.6 million. To date, the city has spent more than $36.2 million dollars with full implementation now optimistically forecast for early 2017.
Alaska teen wins White House honor, receives appointment as poetry ambassador
Anna Lance, 17, says most of the poems she submitted for the competition are about loving Alaska yet wanting to leave.
Defense bill passes with measure Sen. Sullivan hopes will halt JBER cuts
The “Arctic Operation Plan” is a key part of Sen. Dan Sullivan’s effort to stave off the Army’s announced cut of thousands of troops from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
Crayfish invade Kodiak waters
Crayfish are originally from the Pacific Northwest and as with many invasive species, it’s anyone’s guess how they got to Kodiak.