December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month. Traditionally, beginning in November and throughout the full month of December, an increasing number of Americans take to the roads, traveling to visit and celebrate with friends and

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was experiencing another pandemic with our youth, a vaping pandemic. As of Feb. 18, there were 2,807 Americans who had been hospitalized due to EVALI (E-cigarette, or

October is National Substance Abuse Prevention Month. An entire month is set aside to highlight what is really a year-round and lifelong commitment to preventing substance abuse. Whether it is in our own personal lives

Several years ago, the faces and voices of recovery began to be seen and heard locally and around the nation, but this came at a great cost – lost brothers and sisters, sons and daughters,

I was blessed to have one child; a beautiful, sweet, and loving daughter who meant the world to me. Logan Larue’s smile would always melt my heart and the hearts of others whom she met.

Growing up here as a teenager has most certainly opened my eyes to problems youth in society face, no matter the size of their community. When some of my peers are vaping, drinking and making