Proposed Wasilla ordinance against designer synthetic drugs fails

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Kerri Stevens stands in the room in her Wasilla home where, last November, she found her nephew, 18-year-old Kurtis Hildreth, dead. She found him collapsed next to the open window behind her, with a pipe containing "No More Mr. Nice Guy" brand Spice.
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Police snare multiple gang members on drug charges

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… BERG [email protected] The Daily Progress. Over the weekend, the Waynesboro Police department arrested three local men and is currently seeking a fourth believed to be members or associates of the notorious Hispanic gang “Surenos 13 …
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North Shore News in Brief

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The Pickering House, at 18 Broad St. in Salem, is hosting a four-part lecture series, “Second Sunday Chowder & Lecture Series,” on the history of the Pickerings, one of Salem's most accomplished families. Lectures will be held March 9 and April … Al …
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Diagnosing FAS and FASD

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Nothing except alcohol will cause these three features together," said Marilyn Pierce-Bulger, a nurse practitioner and member of the Assets Inc. diagnostic team in Anchorage. Diagnostic teams here use facial recognition software created by the …
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