NEWSPAPER OR WEB ARTICLES
Compliance Checks:
11-12-08 The Western News- Alcohol compliance check goes well in Troy
2-11-09 Boulder Monitor- Compliance check finds some bars in county fall short and provide alcohol to minors
2-18-09 Boulder Monitor- Compliance checks a good practice (Note: This is a follow-up Letter to the Editor to the 2-11-09 story listed above)
10-16-09 Sidney Herald- Alcohol compliance checks done in county
DUI Research Project:
2-15-09 Havre Daily News- Group to study Blaine and Hill county DUI arrests
DUI Task Force:
11-11-09 Dillon Tribune- DUI Task Force presents awards
Ignition Interlock:
4-29-09 Mineral Independent- Drunk drivers don’t hold your breath
7-15-09 Blaine County Journal- Interlock test car coming to Chinook for demonstration with Blaine County DUI Task Force
7-29-09 Blaine County Journal- DUI interlocking
8-5-09 Blaine County Journal- Ignition interlock can save lives
(Note: The above three stories build on one another)
Responsible Alcohol Sales and Service Training:
3-18-09 Phillips County News- Local businesses take part in “Let’s Control It” training
11-14-08 Havre Daily News- “Let’s Control It” sees success
1-4-09 Glendive Ranger Review- Server training focuses on community safety
4-7-09 Kootenai Valley Record- Training in responsible alcohol sales creates safer, healthier community
6-17-09 Silver Star Post- Elliston saloon first in county to undergo RASS training
11-19-09 The Wibaux Pioneer-Gazette- Eight locals attend special training session dealing with responsible alcohol sales
School Alcohol Policy:
3-5-09 Glendive Ranger Review- Concerned citizens urge school board to reconsider recent policy decision
3-5-09 Glendive Ranger Review- There has to be a way (Note: This Letter to the Editor builds on the above article)
4-22-09 Whitehall Ledger- Whitehall Schools must correct the student contract double standard
Social Host:
9-10-09 The Wibaux Pioneer-Gazette- Many think it is wrong to let kids drink
3-10 Deer Lodge Leader- Social hosting is becoming a concern in Deer Lodge County
Special Events:
6-12-09 The Western News- Special event organizers change alcohol sale policies
http://www.wfli.org/News/starvalleymtg.htm- Article about a Town Hall meeting in Wyoming with First Lady Freudenthal discussing what the community is doing to change the environment around youth and alcohol.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/11/18/opinions_top/a041118_01.txt- Article in Helena newspaper discussing local statistics and efforts around underage binge drinking.
http://www.helenair.com/articles/2007/11/23/montana_top/c01112307_01.txt- Article in Helena paper discussing the results of the MADD report ranking states based on drunk driving fatalities and related laws.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23463711/from/ET/
Article discussing how moderate drinking can be tied to high blood pressure, more than previously thought.
http://action.marininstitute.org/site/R?i=B678J3ExGOZ6hVc8mpx64Q
Article from the Marin Institute discussing how Landmark theatres have been continuing to show alcohol advertisements before PG 13 movies. The article also discusses the link between alcohol advertising and alcohol use.
http://www.pire.org/more.asp?cms=508 – Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE), article about towns across the country passing laws holding adults accountable for teen drinking, also includes a summary of PIRE published reports and news articles on social host.
http://www.marininstitute.org/alcohol_industry/ca_tax_pressrelease.htm-
Marin Institute release about using an alcohol tax to ease California’s Budget deficit.
http://www.1800dialdui.com/CM/ResourceLinks/ResouceLinksMontant-DUI-statistics.asp
Discusses the underage drinking costs to the citizens of Montana.
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2007pres/20070306.html-
Surgeon General Issues a call to action on underage drinking, link to associated fact sheets- http://www.hhs.gov/news/
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2007/10/25/news/10club.txt: Jury orders strip club to pay $3 million to man's family, a District Court jury has ordered a Gallatin Gateway strip club to pay more than $3 million to the family of a 20-year-old man who died in a head-on highway crash in 2003, after being served alcohol at the club.