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Denali Borough mayor files federal complaint over lost in-person health care in Healy
Denali Borough Mayor Chris Noel told the Assembly on Wednesday that he has filed a federal complaint over the loss of in-person health care in Healy.
Noel said he filed it last week with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General. It concerns the Fairbanks-based Interior Community Health Center, a federally funded community health center that closed its Healy clinic in November 2025, according to Noel's written report.
Noel said he believes the center still claims borough zip codes, including Anderson, Healy and McKinley Village, and that it received the same federal grant amount in 2026 as in 2025. In its 2026 grant summary, the center requested about $2.7 million and said it planned to provide care in Fairbanks and Healy, along with a mobile clinic van.
"If on the books it looks like we have an active healthcare center that's serving us, yeah, yeah, it's not, not an accurate picture, right?" Noel said.
Residents who go to Fairbanks for care at the center likely still do, he said, but "we don't have access to in-person care here in Healy." He said the issue has been on the borough's list for a few months, and the Assembly may later be asked to pass a resolution as the borough's new rural health program coordinator helps move it forward.
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October 2026
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by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
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by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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Alaska Department of Natural Resources will give the transportation department 200,000 cubic yards of gravel from two Interior highway pits at no cost.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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September 2026
Federal grant puts $1.3 million toward Healy walking and biking path
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by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
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Usibelli's Two Bull Ridge mine near Healy is nearing the end of its pits, and as it seeks a five-year renewal, the state is revising its $5.4M cleanup bond.
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Coal seam fire northeast of Healy grows to 71 acres with no crew assigned
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About Healy
Healy is an unincorporated community in Alaska's Interior, on the Parks Highway just north of Denali National Park. It lies within the Denali Borough and serves as one of the park's gateway communities.
Its landscape is shaped by the Usibelli coal mine and its Two Bull Ridge pits, by gravel pits along the highway, and by the Nenana River, whose erosion threatens the Alaska Railroad mainline. Questions about Healy return to mine permits and cleanup bonds, the use of gravel pits and the search for a shooting range, trails and walking paths, and traffic incidents on the Parks Highway.
Many decisions affecting Healy come from the Denali Borough, which handles roads, housing needs and local fire and emergency services across the area. Healy also sits close to the Alaska Range and its backcountry, including Nenana Mountain.
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June 2026
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