Alcohol & Me
Different kind of court is a last chance before big trouble
Nick Zywot’s mom stopped talking to him because of his drinking. After a decade of sobriety, police arrested him a…
June 28, 2014
‘It never ceases to amaze me what people will do to other people’
From the driver’s seat of his Anchorage police cruiser, Officer Barry Hetlet sees many people out wandering the streets of…
June 7, 2014
“I have to do this this way”
Barrow judge Michael Jeffery has made several changes to the way he runs his court to try to provide fair…
May 31, 2014
‘I genuinely care’
Probation officer Terri Telkamp has a unique approach to her work in Barrow. She suspects many people who wind up…
May 23, 2014
Alcohol & Me: ‘It’s a human tragedy’
As a state senator 25 years ago, John Binkley filed a several bills to combat fetal alcohol syndrome in Alaska.…
May 2, 2014
‘Nothing’s ever going to be the same’
Until a friend found his body last month outside a Fairview warehouse, Gregory Jack spent decades volunteering and dining just…
April 3, 2014
‘I feel blessed and very thankful that I’m here’
Like many teens, Devon Hilts was anxious about moving out on her own and starting college after her high school…
March 19, 2014
Alcohol & Me: Five things you should know about FASD
If you think FASD doesn’t affect you and your family, Deb Evensen wants you to think again. Evensen has been…
February 21, 2014
“It’s not something that can be fixed”
Lounging by the pool on a cruise along the Mexican Riviera, sipping rum and Coke, in 2004, Heidi Case didn’t…
February 21, 2014
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