Digital Musings of Tabitha Hawk

Alaska banned yeast as part of a crackdown on illegal alcohol distillation. With alcoholism on the rise in some of the state's more isolated communities, authorities are trying to stop the sale of booze, and items needed to create it, including yeast and sugar. A man was arrested for possession of seven pounds of yeast, a pound of sugar and three juice containers filled with a liquid that tested positive for alcohol.