Student support group combats addiction issues
By Nolan DeGarlais, News Editor
November 19, 2018
In September, the teen support group Alateen resumed operations at MTHS for the 2018-2019 school year. The group, which is advised and managed by MTHS counselor Julianne Peterson during its weekly Thursday meetings, is affiliated with the national Al-Anon Family Groups program and exists to support s...
The devastating impact of prescription drug abuse hits home
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
June 13, 2014
Young people among top Rx drug abusers Prescription drug abuse-related deaths have made national headlines in recent years – particularly in deaths involving celebrities, such as Heath Ledger, who died in 2008 from a drug overdose. But celebrities are not the only ones to abuse prescription drugs and pay the u...
Drugs a key factor in former student’s homicide
By Nick Fiorillo, Editor-in-Chief
March 31, 2014
Police have confirmed that drugs played a role in the homicide of 2011 MTHS graduate Forest Jackson early Saturday morning. Mountlake Terrace Police Department (MTPD) Commander Doug Hansen said the suspect in the homicide, 20-year-old former MTHS student Toby Sauceda, was under the influence of drugs...