The Blaine County DUI Task Force is tasked with “reducing the number of impaired drivers, crashes, injuries and deaths related to drug and alcohol use and motor vehicles.”

The Task Force was recently rejuvenated and new leaders and task force members are taking their charge to reduce traffic deaths seriously. They’re using two traffic safety programs on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to reduce deaths on the highway from drunk and impaired drivers.

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