Prosecutors say the drug ring spanned 10 states including Alaska.
Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Ketchikan tribe’s business arm eyes ‘healing center’ to help with opioid crisis
It will be the first major project for the Ketchikan Tribal Business Corporation.
A new documentary will focus on Alaskans’ relationships with alcohol
“Earnest Drinker” will have interviews with experts, advocates and people in recovery.
Bartenders in Juneau say unpleasant — even violent — interactions with patrons are on the rise
What happened to Elrod may be be part of a broader trend in harassment toward service workers that may have started early in the pandemic.
Rise in fentanyl in Alaska prompts switch to stronger overdose reversal drug
The rise in fentanyl has prompted the state to start giving out a more powerful overdose-reversing medicine.
UAA to permanently expand master’s in social work program with $1.5M grant
The nonprofit Recover Alaska identified a chronic shortage of social workers as a key issue behind the state’s worst-in-the-nation status for alcohol-attributed deaths.