Articles with the Tag: methamphetamines
POLSON — Imagine using the same cell phone today that you were using in 2001. The Polson Police Department’s tasers are that old, but thanks to a $11,568.97 grant from the Lake County DUI Task Force, ten patrol officers have new updated tasers with advanced technology that will increase ...
News from the Montana Office of Public Instruction Montana’s 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) has found that meth use among teens in the state has sharply declined since 2005, but stayed consistent since 2009. The voluntary survey of teens is conducted every two years by the Montana Office of ...
ST. IGNATIUS – Briar Ahlborn, 19, won the Montana Meth Project’s Paint the State contest in the celebrity artist category with her “Pass the Peace Pipe, Not the Meth Pipe” mural located on U.S. Highway 93 at mile marker 33. “I didn’t believe it when I won,” ...
RONAN – Parents and teachers might think they are in the know about the signs of drug usage, but a growing number of new potent threats to youth health abound alongside the longstanding methamphetamine problem in Lake County. Law enforcement, school and medical officials spoke at Ronan High Sc...
ST. IGNATIUS – Briar Ahlborn’s painting with an anti-methamphetamine message held the highest number of votes last week in a contest spread across Montana that ends on Sept. 16. “It was sweet; I was 100 votes ahead,” she said. “I thought it would be smooth sailing if it kept ...
PABLO — With a short agenda to allow everybody to enjoy the Arlee Celebration, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes quarterly meeting got underway on July 3 with an honor song from the Brother drum group and a prayer by Kevin Howlett, head of tribal health. With 64 days to go unti...
POLSON — Of the 30 cases on District Judge Jim Manley’s June 10 docket, all but two involved drugs — mostly methamphetamine, or alcohol, or both. “I was like most people and didn’t realize what a problem we have in this community, on this reservation,” Manley said...
HELENA — The Montana Meth Project’s Paint the State, a nationwide public art competition to visually portray the dangers of methamphetamine use, is underway. The submission period ended July 15, and voting begins Aug. 1. Winners will be announced on Sept. 18. Artwork will be visible to the pub...
Briar Ahlborn, 19, stands next to a billboard near the highway at the north edge of town dipping a paintbrush into a bucket of black paint on a warm Saturday afternoon. Many people wonder what she is doing — including the town’s new police chief. “He stopped by and asked what I was paint...
ARLEE – Methamphetamine contamination closed the Salish and Kootenai Tribal Senior Citizens Center a few weeks ago, and when the elders gathered on Thursday in a new temporary location for their weekly lunch to discuss the problem — the entire tribal council was on hand to hear concerns. &ldqu...
