Paths to Recovery

Paths to Recovery – Combating Alcohol Use in the Interior

Paths to Recovery was a project-based partnership between Recover Alaska and the Daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska. The project looked…

June 14, 2017

The key to solving Alaska’s alcohol problem lies with how it’s viewed

FAIRBANKS — Alaska has a problem with alcohol misuse, and residents are increasingly aware of it — a crucial step…

May 14, 2016

Fairbanks sobering center takes first step

A small first step has been taken toward opening a sobering center for incapacitated inebriates in Fairbanks. An informal coalition…

April 16, 2016

Underage drinking treatment evolves with better understanding

Barack Obama stood inside a 9-by-10-foot prison cell meant to hold three men. It was July 2015, and he had…

March 30, 2016

Army combats alcohol misuse with aggressive testing, education

Between the trauma of war and the cold and darkness associated with living in Alaska, Fort Wainwright soldiers have a…

March 30, 2016

Finding a safe place: Searching for a solution to handling public inebriates in protective custody

Taking incapacitated inebriates off the streets and putting them into protective custody might seem like a simple act of compassion,…

January 30, 2016

Alaska law on underage drinking could see major change

On a cold Friday night earlier this month, Fairbanks Police Department officers pulled up to a South Fairbanks home in…

November 6, 2015

Alaska law makes it harder to obtain student behavior data

The Alaska Legislature in 2012 passed a bill to measure the performance data of every school in the state, allowing…

November 6, 2015

Intervention with a purpose combats underage drinking

Jaalen Phillips, left, and Ransom DuBois, have trouble keeping their balance while walking a line wearing Fatal Vision Simulation Goggles,…

November 6, 2015

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