On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Alaska has seen a big jump in refugees over the past two years, and all of them must learn how to access healthcare. King Cove has a new ambulance, and health care workers are celebrating. And rural Alaskans are suffering from opioid abuse, too.
Midday Report September 11, 2023
![The company Osage refurbished a 2007 ambulance that had previously served rural Vermont for King Cove, seen here driven by King Cove Fire Chief Chris Babcock. (Theo Greenly/KUCB)](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/70d1c42/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1760x1320+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F16%2Fc5%2Fb256c0aa42ac8156cb9ab116d1ff%2Fking-cove-ambulance.jpg)