“Don’t poo in the blue!”
Tuesday PM (SitNews) Anchorage, Alaska - With the summer boating season underway, Alaska Department of Environmental Commissioner Jason Brune reminds recreational and commercial boaters that it is illegal to discharge untreated sewage anywhere in the State’s freshwaters or the marine waters within three miles of Alaska’s shores. This includes dumping buckets, leaning over the rail, as well as bypassing the holding tanks of an on-board toilet whether in a harbor, at anchor, on the fishing grounds, or while underway. Reminder letters were sent to all Alaska Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission permit holders reminding them of their responsibility to protect Alaska’s pristine waters.
Marc Wever, MD, Joins PeaceHealth Ketchikan s general surgery team
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(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - PeaceHealth Medical Group recently announced that Marc Wever, MD, has recently joined their surgical team. Dr. Wever is a skilled surgeon with nearly 30 years of experience and expertise in endoscopy and general surgeries.
Dr. Wever has a significant association with PeaceHealth Ketchikan. He has been a part-time acute care surgeon at PeaceHealth since 2018 alternating his practice between Ketchikan and North Carolina where he was working as an acute care surgeon at Carolinas Healthcare System near Charlotte and the CarolinaEast Health System in New Bern. Dr. Wever was also an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. With the departure of Julie Conyers, MD, Dr. Wever has accepted a full-time position on our general surgery team.
Firearm safe storage proposal introduced in Alaska House of Representatives
Tuesday PM (SitNews) Juneau, Alaska - A proposal to promote the safe storage of firearms was introduced in the Alaska House of Representatives last week.
House Bill 203, introduced by Rep. Adam Wool (D-Fairbanks), would encourage gun owners to safely secure weapons in their homes to avoid accidental injuries and deaths by establishing the offense of misconduct involving weapons in the sixth degree.
This would simply allow law enforcement officials to issue citations to people who, in the course of investigations into deaths and injuries, are found to have left firearms unsecured – meaning, without a trigger lock or placed outside of a locked container. Citations could range from $500 to $1,000.