health

The Kenai Peninsula Borough's Finance Department estimates the tax could bring in about $4.2 million annually if enacted.

Assembly members established the program in 2022 to pay out money the borough receives from signing on to national opioid settlements.

Peninsula Center Mall will hold a community health fair this Friday and Saturday. The educational event will inform attendees about local health care services and offer low-cost blood testing.

Though most of the attention around health care is focused on the coronavirus pandemic right now, Central Peninsula Hospital also recently finished a…

Kenai Peninsula Relay for Life is going virtual this year. Event Coordinator Johna Beech, Survivor Chair Melanie Derit, Team D Chair Alana Martin and…

With the confirmation of Alaska’s first positive coronavirus case in Anchorage on Thursday, efforts to prevent the spread of the virus on the Kenai…

Alaska seniors and their families, caregivers and service providers have a chance today to let the state know about issues affecting older Alaskans.The…

Let’s get a little awkward, shall we, and discuss the birds and the bees. At least, the teaching of the birds and the bees, which has become a little more…

Opioids like heroin affect the part of the brain that regulates breathing. An overdose depresses respiration to dangerous levels. Minutes, and even…

After five years of disappointment, the Alaska Cancer Action Network is hoping this is the year all workplaces in the state will be declared…