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• Crum deviated from state law and policy when investing Alaska’s savings, review finds

  25-01-2026 20:11 via ktoo.org
  Adam Crum speaks to reporters on Oct. 4, 2022 at the Alaska Scientific Crime Detection Lab in Anchorage while serving as health commissioner. (Wesley Early | Alaska Public Media)
  Former Alaska Revenue Commissioner Adam Crum deviated from state policy and failed to perform the necessary due diligence before committing millions in state savings to a private equity fund, according to an outside review ordered by Gov. Mike Dunleavy after Crum’s decision came to light last summer.
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• Alaska drug overdose deaths drop, though less dramatically than national plunge

  25-01-2026 20:06 via ktoo.org
  Jeff Toole and Bernadette Hartley help assemble kits containing naloxone, a drug that reverses opioid overdoses, at a Aug. 29, 2025 event in Anchorage. The volunteer event held at the Fairview Community Recreation Center was organized by the Alaska Department of Health’s Project HOPE and the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium. Wider distribution of the naloxone kits may have contributed to a decreate in overdose deaths. (Yereth Rosen | Alaska Beacon)
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