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A challenging but rewarding position is open for a Registered Nurse with experience caring for patients undergoing life-threatening trauma or illnesses for a 13 week contract assignment at a state-of-the-art hospital.
You'll experience an incredibly supportive and ambitious team at Jackson where Traveling Nurses have been building rewarding careers since 2006. Our commitment to nurses is best reflected in the many nurse-recruiter relationships that started 10 years ago and have continued to this day
The Alaska Department of Transportation wants to build a road in Bethel that would provide more residents with easy access to the airport. However, the proposed road passes through a Native allotment and the family that owns it says the state is trying to buy it at a price that’s unfair.
After a decades-long process, the state wants to wrap up the acquisition of land for that road and is prepared to use the force of law if necessary. The Alaska Department of Transportation has been working on the Tundra Ridge Road Project since January 2000. Now it believes that the end is in sight. The DOT plans to start putting down asphalt on the road in the summer of 2023.
The Polk family is standing in the state’s way. The Polks own the land next to H-Marker Lake where the road would pass through. Warren Polk said that the state made an offer to buy the property for the road a few months ago. Polk also said that DOT told him that if he doesn’t accept that offer, it would take the land through eminent domain.
“To steal the land from us,” Polk said. “That’s basically what eminent domain is, where they get the land so ridiculously cheap, it’s stealing.”
Eminent domain is a process by which the government can condemn private land for public use. Spokesperson Shannon McCarthy wrote in an email that DOT would “prefer to acquire the property through negotiation, not through eminent domain.” But she said that even if eminent domain was used to condemn the property, the landowners would be paid “fair market value.”
The Polks and the DOT disagree on what fair market value means. Polk said the current offer of about $99,000 for land exceeding an acre is too low.
My thought is if the land isn't utilize the State will pay 5 million more using another route that must effect the value or said property.
Warren poll protests the states offer.
The Alaska Department of Transportation wants to build a road in Bethel that would provide more residents with easy access to the airport. However, the proposed road passes through a Native allotment and the family that owns it says the state is trying to buy it at a price that’s unfair.
After a decades-long process, the state wants to wrap up the acquisition of land for that road and is prepared to use the force of law if necessary. The Alaska Department of Transportation has been working on the Tundra Ridge Road Project since January 2000. Now it believes that the end is in sight. The DOT plans to start putting down asphalt on the road in the summer of 2023.
The Polk family is standing in the state’s way. The Polks own the land next to H-Marker Lake where the road would pass through. Warren Polk said that the state made an offer to buy the property for the road a few months ago. Polk also said that DOT told him that if he doesn’t accept that offer, it would take the land through eminent domain.
“To steal the land from us,” Polk said. “That’s basically what eminent domain is, where they get the land so ridiculously cheap, it’s stealing.”
Eminent domain is a process by which the government can condemn private land for public use. Spokesperson Shannon McCarthy wrote in an email that DOT would “prefer to acquire the property through negotiation, not through eminent domain.” But she said that even if eminent domain was used to condemn the property, the landowners would be paid “fair market value.”
The Polks and the DOT disagree on what fair market value means. Polk said the current offer of about $99,000 for land exceeding an acre is too low.
My thought is if the land isn't utilize the State will pay 5 million more using another route that must effect the value or said property.
Others say that the state doesn’t have to go through Polk Road to connect the Bethel highway loop. Acting City Manager Pete Williams said that the city suggested an alternate route to the state: going east of H-Marker Lake and connecting where Ptarmigan Street meets Tundra Ridge Subdivision at Kaliqtuq Road. He said that the city’s request was ignored
Others say that the state doesn’t have to go through Polk Road to connect the Bethel highway loop. Acting City Manager Pete Williams said that the city suggested an alternate route to the state: going east of H-Marker Lake and connecting where Ptarmigan Street meets Tundra Ridge Subdivision at Kaliqtuq Road. He said that the city’s request was ignored
No passable road till the freeze so ice truckers can move.
No way to bring a refrigerated box truck from the airport to the hospital dealing with native American land dispute. A juvenile youth center in the midst of an outbreak in covid.
A population of 28000 spread out in terms of geography the State of oregon.
The hospital is lacking skilled workers to utilize the four ventilators. And the need to deliver Pfizer medicine need to stay at neg 87 degrees with a 3 degree variable .
And 47 health care clinics accessible by plane boat snowmobile or all retain vehicles no road. Not even a beaten cow path....
Current situation in Bethel Alaska.
They have a hospital under construction.
No passable road till the freeze so ice truckers can move.
No way to bring a refrigerated box truck from the airport to the hospital dealing with native American land dispute. A juvenile youth center in the midst of an outbreak in covid.
A population of 28000 spread out in terms of geography the State of oregon.
The hospital is lacking skilled workers to utilize the four ventilators. And the need to deliver Pfizer medicine need to stay at neg 87 degrees with a 3 degree variable .
And 47 health care clinics accessible by plane boat snowmobile or all retain vehicles no road. Not even a beaten cow path....
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. serves the region with the state’s highest rate of coronavirus infections. It does not have an intensive care unit at its Bethel hospital.
So when patients need that level of care, an employee starts calling hospitals in Anchorage to see if they have room, and a flight is arranged
YUKON-KUSKOKWIM REGION
The Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corp. serves the region with the state’s highest rate of coronavirus infections. It does not have an intensive care unit at its Bethel hospital.
So when patients need that level of care, an employee starts calling hospitals in Anchorage to see if they have room, and a flight is arranged
The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage is already using new space for care.
It has converted one wing of a housing unit into an alternate care site, and routinely has five to 10 patients there, to help ease pressure in the hospital, said Dr. Bob Onders, ANMC interim chief executive.
Onders said he expects the hospital to convert a second wing, too, “because we anticipate the need for even more beds.” The Indian Health Service is also sending about 14 health care workers to help with staffing.
The additional support, paired with the medical center’s current staff, who Onders praised as working hard, will still not be able to handle a big surge in patients. Administrators are trying to recruit more employees.
But, Onders said, the math doesn’t work when he accounts for the infections he knows are in the pipeline — on their way to hospitals — and models of how quickly cases will multiply if Alaskans’ behaviors don’t change.
“We will do the best we can, but if spread continues at this rate there’s no way we’ll be able to staff enough hospital beds,” he said.
Already, limited ICU bed capacity is having impacts.
The Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage is already using new space for care.
It has converted one wing of a housing unit into an alternate care site, and routinely has five to 10 patients there, to help ease pressure in the hospital, said Dr. Bob Onders, ANMC interim chief executive.
Onders said he expects the hospital to convert a second wing, too, “because we anticipate the need for even more beds.” The Indian Health Service is also sending about 14 health care workers to help with staffing.
The additional support, paired with the medical center’s current staff, who Onders praised as working hard, will still not be able to handle a big surge in patients. Administrators are trying to recruit more employees.
But, Onders said, the math doesn’t work when he accounts for the infections he knows are in the pipeline — on their way to hospitals — and models of how quickly cases will multiply if Alaskans’ behaviors don’t change.
“We will do the best we can, but if spread continues at this rate there’s no way we’ll be able to staff enough hospital beds,” he said.
Already, limited ICU bed capacity is having impacts.
A rebooted version of Ravn airlines will resume scheduled flights to Unalaska and several other Alaska communities in less than a week. Ravn Alaska CEO Rob McKinney says federal authorities granted approvals last Friday.
"This is the last piece that we've been waiting for, basically since August, when we filed our application with the DOT," McKinney said. "We were found 'fit, willing and able' to provide scheduled service to the public. And the DOT found that all the objections [to us flying] had no merit and we are now turned loose to go fly with whatever frequency to whatever destination that we want."
Twice daily service between Unalaska and Anchorage will begin on Nov. 30.
"We're also going to have flights to Aniak, Cold Bay, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai, and Sand Point, and we're working with the DOT on restarting service to St. Paul," he said.
Ravn began offering regular charter flights earlier this month. That was an interim measure designed to bridge the service gap until it received final DOT approval to move forward with scheduled commercial service. The airline was limited to four public charter flights per week to each destination, and couldn't transfer passengers to other airlines.
McKinney said charters will no longer be necessary.
Flight schedual to resume in alaska.
A rebooted version of Ravn airlines will resume scheduled flights to Unalaska and several other Alaska communities in less than a week. Ravn Alaska CEO Rob McKinney says federal authorities granted approvals last Friday.
"This is the last piece that we've been waiting for, basically since August, when we filed our application with the DOT," McKinney said. "We were found 'fit, willing and able' to provide scheduled service to the public. And the DOT found that all the objections [to us flying] had no merit and we are now turned loose to go fly with whatever frequency to whatever destination that we want."
Twice daily service between Unalaska and Anchorage will begin on Nov. 30.
"We're also going to have flights to Aniak, Cold Bay, Fairbanks, Homer, Kenai, and Sand Point, and we're working with the DOT on restarting service to St. Paul," he said.
Ravn began offering regular charter flights earlier this month. That was an interim measure designed to bridge the service gap until it received final DOT approval to move forward with scheduled commercial service. The airline was limited to four public charter flights per week to each destination, and couldn't transfer passengers to other airlines.
McKinney said charters will no longer be necessary.
... 2nd Lt. Laurel Foster, a Cup'ik Eskimo, has served in the military for over 12 years and now serves as the operations officer with the 168th Security Forces Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard.
"My mother is Cup'ik from Mekoryuk, Alaska," said Foster, "which is a small village on Nunivak Island, about 30 miles offshore from the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers delta. I was born in Bethel, but have lived in Bethel, Dillingham, Platinum, Kotzebue, Unalaska, and have been in Anchorage now for about 23 years."...
... 2nd Lt. Laurel Foster, a Cup'ik Eskimo, has served in the military for over 12 years and now serves as the operations officer with the 168th Security Forces Squadron, Alaska Air National Guard.
"My mother is Cup'ik from Mekoryuk, Alaska," said Foster, "which is a small village on Nunivak Island, about 30 miles offshore from the Yukon and Kuskokwim Rivers delta. I was born in Bethel, but have lived in Bethel, Dillingham, Platinum, Kotzebue, Unalaska, and have been in Anchorage now for about 23 years."...
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