Several of Mora’s Above the Influence students and advisers recently went to North Country Liquor store and placed stickers on alcoholic products as a reminder that hosting or serving to anyone under the age of 21 is against the law. Those that choose to host and serve to under age minors may be criminally liable […]
United States Attorney Erica H. MacDonald today announced the unsealing of a federal indictment charging eight individuals with conspiracy to distribute heroin on the Mille Lacs Indian Reservation. According to the ten-count indictment, from December 2017 through June 2018, TYRONE JAMES NELSON, 38, ROBERT DONTELL SYKES, 48, and DAVID LEE SNODDY, 36, RAMON FORD, 58, […]
Mora Junior High Above the Influence (ATI) students spend some time at the Mora Elementary in April. They joined sixth grade students at recess and enjoyed lunch with them. Mentoring younger students in an informal way helps ease tension and anxiety about moving to the Mora High School next year. Great work ATI students!
When Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why was released two years ago, depicting the life of a teenager who decided to take her own life, educators and psychologists warned the program could lead to copycat suicides. Now, a study funded by the National Institutes of Health shows that those concerns may have been warranted. In the month following the show’s debut […]
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has quickly become one of the biggest names in Hollywood opening up about depression. View video interview click here. “Depression doesn’t discriminate, and I thought that was an important part of the narrative if I was going to share a little bit of my story of the past,” he said. “Regardless […]
So your son or daughter has started vaping, using drugs or drinking. Is this just what kids do? Is it going to lead to other drugs, or become a problem? Don’t leave the answers to chance. How Worried Do I Need to Be? Ninety percent of addictions start during the teen years. Beginning at age […]