Wanner has been the city-owned hospital’s CFO for nearly a year, and his appointment as CEO is just the latest in a string of leadership turnover at the city-owned hospital.
Health
Governor vetoes bill that would have expanded Alaska women’s access to birth control medicine
The bill would have allowed women to receive a 12-month supply of prescription contraceptive medicine all at once.
Alaska judge strikes down requirement that only licensed physicians provide abortions
A Superior Court judge agreed with Planned Parenthood that barring clinicians like nurse practitioners from providing services violates equal-protection, privacy rights.
Expanded access to food stamps, health care becomes law in Alaska
The law takes advantage of waivers to allow more Alaskans to access federal aid programs.
Here’s where money from Alaska’s opioid settlement is going
About $8.5 million will go to 18 organizations in the state helping with prevention and addiction treatment for the state’s deadly opioid crisis.
Alleged victims of former volunteer at Juneau’s Echo Ranch Bible Camp are suing
The people who say they were victims of Bradley Earl Reger are trying to hold the institutions where the abuse took place accountable.