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HENDERSON, Ky. — While many counties are losing offices where driver's licenses and REAL ID's can be obtained, Henderson County is poised to become a go-to location. During Tuesday's session of the Henderson County Fiscal Court, Jailer Amy Brady and Henderson Circuit Clerk Herbie McKee updated magistrates about the effort to establish a Regional Driver's License/REAL ID office in Henderson. The initiative is due to a decision by the Kentucky Transportation Department to "streamline" the process through creating regional offices instead of allowing circuit clerk's offices to issue the pieces...

by   Sharing his experience on the 1st Special Forces Command and 18th Airborne Corps podcasts, Col. Eric Kreitz said he was not open with colleagues about his struggles with alcohol. (U.S. Army) FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (Tribune News Service) — Col. Eric Kreitz woke up to paramedics shining a flashlight in his eyes. He was on his back and noticed the stars in the night sky. He remembered having dinner with his family in Colorado, but he doesn’t remember blacking out from drinking. At the time, he was commander of the 6th Psychological Operations Battalion at Fort Bragg...

MASSENA — The north country’s third methadone clinic is inching closer to opening in St. Lawrence County.

Federal health officials are releasing $3 billion to help states cope with rising substance abuse and mental health impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.

Almost exactly one year ago, Jamie M. got some bad news. Her Alcoholics Anonymous sponsor wanted to stop meeting in person for at least two weeks because of the pandemic. “I just remember kind of getting scared like, “Well, what am I going to do?” Jamie M. said. Jamie had been sober for about one year after going through detox and 30-day treatment through the Department of Veterans Affairs. She had been going to AA meetings every day. When the pandemic hit, she didn’t want to lose her progress. “It was just like everybody else,” Jamie said. “How are we going to do this? How are ...