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By KERRI REMPP, Record staff writer
Frustrations at the lack of progress on the issue of Whiteclay alcohol sales were evident Friday at a legislative hearing telecast in Chadron, but several solutions were also suggested to rein in alcohol sales and help those dependent on the substance.
“Going into Whiteclay, it’s like going into a black hole,” [...]

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By the Associated Press | Posted: Sunday, October 25, 2009 1:25 pm
BILLINGS – Two mobile breath alcohol testing vehicles intended to help reduce the number of alcohol-related fatalities on tribal lands are headed for Montana.
Officials say the BAT-mobiles that cost $300,000 each will be delivered to the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services [...]

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Families of victims unhappy with fatal hit-and-run pleaBy Heidi Bell Gease, Journal staff | Monday, January 12, 2009
A Rushville, Neb., man charged with killing two pedestrians while driving drunk near Pine Ridge has pleaded guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter.
Timothy Hotz, 60, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court last week, admitting that he had [...]

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Study: 12 percent of Indian deaths due to alcohol By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press Writer
Story Updated: Aug 28, 2008 at 11:01 AM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 12 percent of the deaths among American Indians and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal [...]

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