Highway-to-highway ideas frighten many Oct 31, 2009
Airport Heights came out against the 15th Avenue route, saying it would "invade the quiet zone of the Alaska Regional Hospital as well as adjacent neighborhoods" and ruin Sitka Park to boot. The Northeast Community Council voted to oppose the Muldoon bypass route, which the project planners call "East City.". (Anchorage Daily News)
President says swine flu is a national emergency Oct 25, 2009
Alaska Regional Hospital is already isolating patients with flu-like symptoms and has no immediate plans for setting up any kind of offsite emergency room, said Deb Whitethorn, emergency preparedness coordinator. "We've had plans in place now for months, actually, kind of gearing up for this fall wave of flu.". (Anchorage Daily News)
New CEO for Alaska Regional appointed Oct 4, 2009
Annie Holt has been named president and chief executive of Alaska Regional Hospital, effective Oct. 13, the Anchorage hospital said. Story tools. (Anchorage Daily News)
Lace 'em up for the Tuesday Night Race Series Sep 1, 2009
" This year, Alaska Regional Hospital is a $5,000 cash donor and the race series is a Healthy Futures event sponsored by Providence Hospital. With the race series in its fifth decade, more and more runners compete side-by-side with parents and, in some cases, grandparents. "We are providing cradle-to-grave service," Timmerman joked. And it happens rain or shine. "Last year, every race was a rainy event, it seemed," Timmerman said. "The pattern seemed to be rain during the day, late afternoon... (Anchorage Daily News)
Inside Alaska business Aug 22, 2009
Ed Lamb, chief executive of Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage since 1999, will resign on Aug. 25 to become chief executive at Corpus Christi Medical Center in Texas. Both hospitals are owned by HCA, a major U.S. health care company. (Anchorage Daily News)
Community datebook (8/14/09) Aug 14, 2009
Free Children's Immunization Clinics, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Alaska Regional Hospital, 2801 DeBarr Road. Adult tetanus shots are also available for free. (Anchorage Daily News)
2 teens die in Seward Highway head-on Aug 7, 2009
A pregnant woman in the car with them, Elizabeth Miller, 17, of Soldotna, was taken to Alaska Regional Hospital, troopers said. She was expected to survive. (Anchorage Daily News)
Cops bring suspected Suzuki speed demon to screeching halt Jul 30, 2009
Beneath the helmet is 23-year-old Justin R. Carr, they say, a skinny, snowboarding daredevil of an X-ray technician whom authorities arrested at Alaska Regional Hospital on Tuesday. Palmer trooper Ronald Hayes says he knows Carr's face. (Anchorage Daily News)
Volunteer Opportunities Jul 30, 2009
Alaska Regional Hospital: Help at the gift shop, the information desk or other areas. (264-1745). (Anchorage Daily News)
Outdoors hotline Jul 28, 2009
Proceeds will help fund local programs and services, including support groups and equipments such as wheelchairs and leg braces and a clinic at Alaska Regional Hospital. CONTACT: 276-2131. (Anchorage Daily News)
Community datebook (7/16/09) Jul 16, 2009
Look Good Feel Better, 11 a.m., Alaska Regional Hospital, 2801 DeBarr Road. Sponsored by the American Cancer Society. (Anchorage Daily News)
Fall kills racer in Fireweed 400 Jul 13, 2009
The accident happened a little before 11 a.m. Johnson was medevaced to Alaska Regional Hospital in Anchorage, where he died around 5 p.m.. Lekisch, a cycling enthusiast and longtime Anchorage attorney who created the Fireweed 400 in 2003, said race officials were devastated by Johnson's death. (Anchorage Daily News)
South High ballplayer dies after fall from vehicle May 27, 2009
He rushed to Alaska Regional Hospital. Crowds of athletes, friends, teachers and family members visited Taylar over the next few days at the hospital. (Anchorage Daily News)
Youth hurt in accident still on life support May 26, 2009
Taylar Young, 16, is at Alaska Regional Hospital, according to a message on the Web site for the school baseball team. He has also participated in wrestling and football for South. (Anchorage Daily News)
Alaska's medical centers go online to diagnose strokes May 19, 2009
Alaska Regional Hospital, Alaska's first Joint Commission-certified stroke program, already has in place a system calls PACS, or picture archive communication system. Neurologists at Alaska Regional can receive computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) images of the brain for review by neurologists and neurosurgeons to identify evidence of stroke. (Juneau Empire)
Miriam M. Sumner May 12, 2009
Alaska resident Miriam Sumner, 60, past away May 5 at Alaska Regional Hospital of bleeding complications. A celebration of life will be held at the Palmer Church of the Nazarene on Saturday at 5:30 p.m., immediately followed by a burial service at the Palmer Cemetery. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Gang-related shooting sends two teens to prison May 5, 2009
He lived only because Alaska Regional Hospital was just blocks away, said prosecutor John Novak. Smith and Byrd were arrested and thrown into adult jail, which is where they've been since that night. (Anchorage Daily News)
Man dies of injuries from crash May 1, 2009
Domrude and Brown were taken by ambulance to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, and Brown was later transferred to Alaska Regional hospital. Troopers say alcohol and prescription medications appear to have been factors in the crash, but toxicology reports are pending. (Anchorage Daily News)
Two hurt in Old Glenn rollover Apr 28, 2009
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Clyde A. Bozarth Mar 29, 2009
Last Updated on Saturday, Mar 28, 2009 - 09:49:58 pm AKDT. News and Features for Wasilla, Alaska. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
New nurses from UAA priceless in Alaska Mar 23, 2009
There are currently 125 openings for nurses at Providence Alaska Medical Center -- the state's largest hospital -- and about a third that many at both Alaska Regional Hospital and the Alaska Native Medical Center, hiring officials say. That's a vacancy rate of roughly 10 percent to 15 percent of the nursing workforce, which isn't that bad, according to Alaska Regional staff recruiter Brenda Wells. (Anchorage Daily News)
In brief: Health updates (3/17/09) Mar 17, 2009
Free Children's Immunization Clinic, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Alaska Regional Hospital, 2801 DeBarr Road. Free immunizations are available to patients through age 18. (Anchorage Daily News)
Man stabbed in downtown Anchorage Mar 17, 2009
The man was taken early Saturday night to Alaska Regional Hospital. Police just after 7 p.m. cordoned off a parking lot at the Milepost "0" Apartments and searched the area with a dog team. (Juneau Empire)
Fall from balcony proves fatal Feb 24, 2009
He was initially transported to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, then to Alaska Regional Hospital. Troopers said they were notified at 11:12 p.m. that Bozarth had died. (Anchorage Daily News)
Murderer who was granted leniency dies Feb 7, 2009
The prison inmate died Friday at Alaska Regional Hospital after surgery earlier in the week for a neurological problem, said Richard Schmitz, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. He had family with him. (Anchorage Daily News)
