Ex-Eagle River nurse practitioner given 26-year sentence in opioid overprescription deaths

A federal judge sentenced a former Eagle River nurse practitioner to 26 years in prison on Thursday for overprescribing opioid pills that led to the deaths of several patients. The sentence follows a case involving multiple fatal overdoses linked to the practitioner’s prescribing. The former provider’s conduct and the deaths of the patients were central to the federal prosecution.