Anchorage noticed nationally for reducing childhood obesity
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Anchorage has been recognized by a national public health foundation as one of four communities in the country to have reduced and maintained a lower rate of childhood obesity.The study was cited by Anchorage School District officials in a press release Tuesday. It shows that obesity rates among Anchorage elementary and middle school children has reduced by 2.2 percent between the 2003-04 school year and the 2010-11 school year and has not increased in six years.The repo..>> view originalAt Anchorage pharmacy, price for drug to treat heroin overdoses is ...
ANCHORAGE – An opioid overdose treatment drug, with life-saving potential, could cost Alaskans hundreds of dollars. When Alaska Gov. Bill Walker signed Senate Bill 23 into law this month, he commended lawmakers for recognizing Alaska’s heroin epidemic and for pushing the piece of legislation through. The bill allows trained Alaskans to give Naloxone to someone who is overdosing without fear of being sued. Naloxone, also known as Narcan, blocks and reverses the effects of opioid overdose, like ..>> view original$768M Anchorage school budget gets chilly reception
$768M Anchorage school budget gets chilly reception Liberals and conservatives alike criticize city's education system during testimony. The Anchorage Assembly passed the school district’s FY2016-17 budget by a 7-to-4 vote. A budget to fund the Anchorage School District passed Tuesday, but not without serious criticisms raised by liberals and conservatives alike. The preliminary budget passed by the Anchorage Assembly totals $768,401,726, a decline of $4,935,000 from what was approved last..>> view originalForrest Dunbar - East Anchorage
Why are you running for the Anchorage Assembly?I am running for the Anchorage Assembly because I believe in the potential of this community. We can be a great, northern city, a vibrant town where young people want to live and raise their families. We can be a city that respects our elders, and provides for and protects our most vulnerable, while maintaining public safety and the spectacular trails and parks that make Anchorage a special place to live. We can continue to be the beating heart of ..>> view original2 Your Health: Benzene levels in Anchorage air drop by half, report ...
ANCHORAGE - The city of Anchorage's Department of Health and Human Services has said the results of a recent study link a new regulation to improvements in benzene levels in the city's air and gasoline. The chemical compound benzene is found in crude oil and in gasoline at varying levels and exposure to high levels can increase risks of cancer.Health and Human Services deputy director Steve Morris said Anchorage's air had some of the highest benzene levels in the country before the U.S. Enviro..>> view originalAnchorage Assembly Approves School Budget & Vote-By-Mail ...
Anchorage, AK- During last night’s bi-weekly Anchorage Assembly meeting, members approved an Anchorage School District budget, by a 7 to 4 vote. The new budget results in the loss of approximately 49 teaching positions, in the following academic year. Last month the Anchorage School Board passed the budget. The Assembly also approved a vote-by-mail process for future municipality elections, by 9 to 2. The postal voting protocol plans to funnel the majority of votes via mail, beginning in 20..>> view originalAnti-LGBT Groups Team Up to Amend Anchorage Non ...
Yesterday, news broke that anti-LGBT group Alaska Family Council (AFC) was teaming up with the extremist group Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) to submit signatures to amend the non-discrimination ordinance passed in Anchorage last year. According to ADF, President Alan Sears will be in Anchorage to submit the signatures himself . In the letter to its members, AFC indicated that they would be submitting signatures to put an initiative on the ballot to amend the ordinance. Their proposed amend..>> view original'Dog Vinci' paints for charity
A dog that was unable to fulfill his duties as an assistance dog is giving back in another way. Dagger, a 3-year-old black Labrador retriever from Long Island paints to benefit charity. The dog, nicknamed "Dog Vinci," uses a paint brush made from a paper towel tube wrapped in duct tape, according to a UPI.com report. Each brush stroke on the sold paintings is made by the dog, the UPI story said. Dog Vinci has raised more than $1,000 for Canine Companions for Independence, the story said.>> view original
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
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