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In the months after Texas banned all but the earliest abortions in September, the number of legal abortions in the state fell by about half. But two new studies suggest the total number among Texas women fell by far less — around 10 percent — because of large increases in the number of Texans who traveled to a clinic in a nearby state or ordered abortion pills online. Two groups of researcher...

Officials warn of counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl. (WTVC/WHAM) Law enforcement agencies across the nation are warning about counterfeit pills that in some cases they are laced with fentanyl and are proving deadly. For mom Deborah Clark the grief over the loss of her son has not faded three years after his death. "All I remember is saying no, no,” said Clark. Her son Timothy overdosed on...

Oregon Passes Law to Prevent Spread of Diseases Linked to Wildlife Trafficking  Tillamook Headlight-Herald

Local law enforcement responding to rise of fentanyl  The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

A recent law that makes the possession of 4 grams or less of a “controlled substance listed in schedule I or II, a level 1 drug misdemeanor,” rather than a felony, is drawing criticism amid national conversations about fentanyl deaths. HB19-1263, which went into effect in 2019, was a way of addressing the overcrowding effect in the state’s jails by switching minor drug possession offenses fro...

DEAR EDITOR: Republicans scream at the top of the tallest mountains tales about the importance of the rule of law. Sadly, it seems Republicans don’t hear their own screams. From Jan. 6, 2021, to recent events in Columbus, this has become only clearer to me. The Ohio GOP is the party of a pattern of unlawful actions from Coingate to ECOT, to the House Bill 6 corruption and now unconstitutional...

The Augusta Press When three different people with the last name Patel applied to open liquor stores on the same intersection in Evans late last year, it got the attention of Columbia County Commissioner Connie Melear. The District 1 commissioner, who represents Evans and Martinez residents, voted against all thr...

A new bill is underway to help speed up the Amber Alert process for children in the center of active custody battles who are abducted by their noncustodial parent. Last fall, 3-year-old Noah Clare was taken by his father and crossed multiple state lines eventually ending up in California. This abduction led to a nationwide Amber Alert, but it took officials 11 days to issue the alert because ...

A tall skinny man wearing shoes with wheels was allegedly skating along holding a pistol in his hands. He wasn’t threatening or pointing the pistol at anyone and someone said he put it in his pocket when they drove by, however they thought Kalispell Police Department should know. A man was reportedly sniffing a can of aerosol and yelling outside a location. A woman thought it was odd when she...

By Harry Funk A night out for Lacey Thurner and husband Matt usually means her father joins them. Paul Kazior joins them on stage, that is. Dad and the married couple of six years constitute three-fifths of Ruff House, a band that is wowing audiences with an eclectic mix of material, instrumental versatility and Lacey’s undeniable stage presence as frontwoman. “She rolled right in,” Paul said...