ANCHORAGE — The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol launched its first ads Monday in support of Measure 2, the initiative to end the harmful policy of marijuana prohibition in Alaska and replace it with a system in which marijuana is regulated and taxed like alcohol. The campaign will hold a media availability with displays […]
On Tuesday, the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board in Fairbanks gave the go-ahead for the community of Kotzebue to move forward with opening a city-owned bar/restaurant in the city of just over 3,200 people. The new establishment will be the only business in the community that can sell alcohol for use on the premises in the […]
(PHILADELPHIA) – Heavy drinking damages the body in many ways. In addition to liver failure, alcoholics are at a much greater risk of developing pneumonia and life threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), for which there is no treatment. Researchers suspect that alcoholics are more susceptible to these lung diseases because the immune system in […]
A 911 call went in to authorities on early Saturday morning at 12:43 am reporting a possible assault involving a firearm with an ongoing disturbance at the Icy Bay Lodge approximately 65 to the west of Yakutat. Wildlife Troopers and Yakutat Police departed Yakutat via aircraft at first light and arrived at the lodge at […]