Commissioner: no confirmed deaths yet; three people reported missing

Oct 14, 2025

When asked about reports of three deaths from a regional health corporation, Commissioner Cockrell said his department had no confirmed death notifications and reiterated that three people were currently unaccounted for while investigators verify reports.

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A reporter asked whether Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation's report of three deaths could be confirmed. Commissioner James Cockrell said he had no death notifications to share and that, "Until I get a death notification from my department, I cannot speak to it." He reiterated that three people remain unaccounted for and said officials would release confirmed information as it becomes available.

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