State of Intoxication

Project will explore the impact alcohol has had on community

It’s been six years since the Daily News-Miner last took a close look at the community impact of alcohol abuse.…

November 6, 2015

After making millions on liquor store, Kotzebue plans city-owned bar and restaurant

In an ongoing experiment to pay for city services with liquor sales, Kotzebue officials plan to open a city-owned bar…

June 3, 2014

Call him ‘Minimum Mike’ if you like, but this Barrow judge is trying something new

Judge Mike Jeffery talk with a defendant in Barrow on Monday, November 11, 2013. Jeffery says he has tried to…

May 31, 2014

Alaska could fight FASD right now with these three ideas

Forget, for the moment, the debate over whether the state should pay to hand out free pregnancy tests and/or condoms.…

May 31, 2014

2 out of 3 ‘intentional injury’ hospitalizations among Alaska Natives are alcohol related, report says

My mailbox is filling up this week with notes from researchers and reporters interested in the new ISER study that…

May 9, 2014

Study: Banning alcohol in Alaska villages doesn’t reduce suicide, but more jobs might

In fall 2013, voters in Shishmaref voted against removing a ban on the importation and sale of alcohol. File photo,…

May 6, 2014

A last check-in with the Hatch family

From left: Deyna Pardue, Carol Hatch, Will Seward, Simone Hope, Kellen Swanson, RJ Galeshoff, baby Lily Schablein, Gifford Benoit, Ari…

May 3, 2014

Kellen on career dreams

March 27, 2014 If FASD wasn’t an issue, what kind of job do you think you’d be doing? Kellen: I…

May 3, 2014

Carol talks about parenting

Carol Hatch helps her granddaughter, Deyna, after she fell off her scooter. (MARC LESTER — Anchorage Daily News) Why did…

May 3, 2014

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