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• Recovery efforts resume on glacier 65 years after crash

  06-06-2017 23:23
  
  An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands on top of Colony Glacier near Anchorage, Alaska to pick up personnel as part of Operation Colony Glacier. (Photo by Capt. Anastasia Wasem via U.S. Pacific Command)
  Military officials resumed an annual mission to the Colony Glacier in Anchorage, where an Air Force plane crashed 65 years ago, killing the dozens of service members on board.
  U.S. Pacific Command says Operation Colony Glacier resumed Monday with U.S. Army Maj. Stephen Ma
  
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• Watch Walker hold media availability on fiscal compromise

  06-06-2017 23:16 via ktoo.org
  
   
  Gov. Bill Walker will discuss his proposed fiscal plan compromise package at 1:30 p.m. today at a news conference in the Governor’s Cabinet Room on the third floor of the Capitol Building.
  Office of Management and Budget director Pat Pitney and Department of Revenue Commissioner Randy Hoffbeck will also be there.
  Come back to this post at 1:30 p.m. for a live stream of Gavel Alaska coverage. Or watch on 360 North television, which is available in Juneau over the air on channel 3.3,
  
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• Newscast – Tuesday, June 6, 2017

  06-06-2017 22:50 via ktoo.org
  
  
  http://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/ktoo/2017/06/2017-06-06-newscast.mp3In this newscast:
  The Juneau Assembly receives a large donation for whale statue infrastructure, OKs beer sales at Eaglecrest and adopts a budget,
  Gov. Bill Walker proposes a head tax as part of a compromise state budget package, and
  Goldbelt shareholders oust two longtime board members at their annual meeting.
  
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• Ask a Climatologist: In Alaska, wildfire season can go from mild to severe in an instant

  06-06-2017 22:37 via ktoo.org
  
  Graphic courtesy of Rick Thoman/NWS
  Wildfire season is off to a slow start in Alaska. But that could change very quickly. That’s because predicting how severe a wildfire season will be in the state is so tricky.
  Alaska’s Energy Desk is checking in with climatologist Brian Brettschneider each week as part of the segment, Ask a Climatologist.
  Brettschneider says over the entire season, which runs through the end of July, no wildfire forecast is useful for Alaska.
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• Pilot shut off one engine before fatal plane crash near Haines, NTSB says

  06-06-2017 22:09 via ktoo.org
  
  The lone surviving passenger of a fatal plane crash near Haines told investigators that the pilot purposely stopped one engine to demonstrate how to re-start it in flight.
  National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report this week in a crash that killed two people and injured another about late morning May 27.
  An NTSB investigator interviewed Chan Valentine, 31, of Juneau, who survived but suffered serious injuries, in the hospital.
  The pilot David Kunat, 29
  
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• CBJ Assembly Regular Meeting – 7-5-17

  06-06-2017 21:56 via ktoo.org
  
  
  CBJ Assembly Regular Meeting – June 5, 2017
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• Travel Tuesday: Museum of Alaska Transportation & Industry

  06-06-2017 21:48
  
  For the last 50 years, the Museum of Alaska  Transportation & Industry in Wasilla has kept our state’s transportation history alive.
  Sitting on 20 acres, it boasts a collection of vehicles from as far back as the early 1900s.
  Daybreak co-anchor James Gaddis and AKontheGo.com‘s Erin Kirkland recently took a tour of the family-friendly museum, led by resident historian, Miss Matie.
  “We have a lot of refurbished vehicles. One was the touring car for Warren T. Harding when
  
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• Official reveals what Paris suspect said during attack

  06-06-2017 21:34
  
  Paris police investigate in Notre Dame attack; suspect used hammer to attack police officer outside cathedral.
  PARIS — An assailant wielding a hammer attacked Paris police guarding Notre Dame Cathedral Tuesday, crying “This is for Syria” before being shot and wounded by officers outside one of France’s most popular tourist sites, authorities said.
  At least 600 people were blocked inside the iconic 12th century church, while others fled in panic from the sprawling esplanad
  
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• Bethel’s homegrown women’s powerlifter breaks a national record again

  06-06-2017 21:24 via ktoo.org
  
  Natalie Hanson set a new American record in women’s powerlifting on January 28, 2017 in Milwaukee, WI when she squatted 578.7 pounds at the USA Power Lifting Wisconsin State Open Championship. (Photo by Ryan Carrillo/Lurchman Productions)
  Natalie Hanson of Bethel has broken both an American record, and an unofficial world record in powerlifting.
  Hanson said that part of her record setting success has been due to her ability to appreciate her body for function over appearance, which has led
  
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• Wasilla Silver Alert canceled

  06-06-2017 21:18
  
  Brandon Sim. (Credit: Alaska State Troopers)
  Alaska State Troopers have canceled a Silver Alert issued Tuesday for a man out of Wasilla.
  Brandon Sim, 20, was reportedly last seen in the area of Wolverine and East Polar Bear Drives in Wasilla, according to AST.
  Authorities initally said Sim was believed to be in danger, though an explanation was not given.
  Tuesday afternoon, the Silver Alert was canceled and no further details were provided.
   
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• 65 years after crash, recovery resumes on Colony Glacier

  06-06-2017 21:11 via ktoo.org
  
  Members of the 11-person crew excavate 40-by-40 meter squares along a grid on the Colony Glacier in June of 2016. Media were kept at a distance from the perimeter, to keep from inadvertently photographing remains. (Photo by Zachariah Hughes/Alaska Public Media)
  The military resumed an annual mission Monday to the Colony Glacier, where an Air Force plane crashed 65 years ago, killing the dozens of service members on board.
  In the days after, searchers spotted the wreckage, but a recovery was deem
  
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• What we know about the London terrorists

  06-06-2017 21:04
  
  Youssef Zaghba. (Credit: Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command)
  The third suspect in the deadly attack on London Bridge and Borough Market was named Tuesday as Youssef Zaghba, 22. He is believed to have been an Italian national of Moroccan decent.
  According to a statement by London’s Metropolitan Police, “He was not a police or MI5 subject of interest.”
  The name was initially published in a report by the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, which cited Italian intelli
  
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• Win State Fair concert tickets!

  06-06-2017 20:43
  
  Josh Turner (Andrew Nathanson / Flickr Creative Commons)
  Dying to see Iggy Azalea at the Alaska State Fair? Need to hear Josh Turner croon? Ready to rock with Papa Roach? The Alaska State Fair is giving you the opportunity to win tickets to a show and admission to the fair in a sweepstakes.
  Each week for 12 weeks, the Alaska State Fair will give one lucky winner two meet and greets to one of the concerts, two reserved admission tickets to that concert, two fair admission tickets, one premie
  
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• What we now about Reality Winner, government contractor accused of NSA leak

  06-06-2017 20:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Updated at 1:40 p.m. ET
  A few days ago, based on her apparent Instagram account, Reality Winner was prepping vegan meals and thinking about her weight-lifting goals. Now she’s in jail, awaiting prosecution on charges of mishandling classified information.
  Winner is the first leaker of classified information to be charged with a crime under the Trump administration. The 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor, who is also an Air Force veteran, is accused of orchestrating the latest
  
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• What we know about Reality Winner, government contractor accused of NSA leak

  06-06-2017 20:02 via ktoo.org
  
  Updated at 1:40 p.m. ET
  A few days ago, based on her apparent Instagram account, Reality Winner was prepping vegan meals and thinking about her weight-lifting goals. Now she’s in jail, awaiting prosecution on charges of mishandling classified information.
  Winner is the first leaker of classified information to be charged with a crime under the Trump administration. The 25-year-old National Security Agency contractor, who is also an Air Force veteran, is accused of orchestrating the latest
  
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• UAF graduate student maps native place names around Iliamna Lake

  06-06-2017 19:00 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Yuko Kugo stands in a pit house in an abandoned settlement along the Kvichak River. (Photo by Avery Lill/KDLG)
  A creek runs into the river at the base of a bluff along the Kvichak. At the top of the hill, grass covered pits mark the foundations of old buildings, evidence of an abandoned settlement. It likely has a Yup’ik name.
  Yoko Kugo, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, is hoping to find out from elders in the nearby village of Igiugig what it is.
  
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• Needing troops, Army offers up to $90K bonuses to re-enlist

  06-06-2017 18:12
  
  FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) – Military officials tell The Associated Press that the Army will triple the amount of bonuses it’s paying this year to more than $380 million, including new incentives to woo reluctant soldiers to re-enlist.
  The officials said some soldiers could get $90,000 up front by committing to another four or more years. That comes as the Army seeks to reverse some of the downsizing that occurred under the Obama administration after years of growth spurred by the Iraq an
  
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• Goldbelt shareholders oust two board members in election

  06-06-2017 18:00 via ktoo.org
  
  The cover design of Goldbelt Inc.’s 2016 annual report was inspired by the late Clarissa Rizal, a Goldbelt shareholder and weaver. (Photo by Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)
  Two longtime board members of Juneau’s urban Alaska Native corporation board have been ousted through elections at an annual shareholder meeting on Saturday.
  Goldbelt Inc. announced Monday that Lori Grant and Leilani Wilson Walkush will replace Joseph Kahklen and Randy Wanamaker on the nine-member board.
  A third member up for
  
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• Study looks at climate change’s effects on Kodiak berries, wildlife

  06-06-2017 17:01 via ktoo.org
  
  It’s been a great season for salmon and other berries in Southeast Alaska. (Photo by Aaron Bolton/KSTK News)
  A scientist predicts climate change could have far-reaching effects on the growth of certain berries on Kodiak Island.
  Bill Pyle,  supervisory wildlife biologist with Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge, just wrapped up a two-year pilot study on the Island. The study helps cement the monitoring methods they’ll use to study berry growth in the future.
  In this case, that includ
  
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• Sunken tugboat to be raised on crane barge

  06-06-2017 16:57
  
  SITKA, Alaska (AP) – Officials are preparing to raise a sunken 81-foot (24.69-meter) tugboat Powhatan.
  The Daily Sitka Sentinel reported Monday that a crane barge arrived from Seattle over the weekend, and divers are going to work over the week to prepare to lift the tug, which sank April 19.
  Coast Guard officials say the undertaking is expected to take 10 days.
  Within one day after the tug sank, it slid off an underwater ledge to a resting place 1,500 feet (457.2 meters) offshore at
  
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• Rangers rescue 2 climbers on glacier in Denali National Park

  06-06-2017 16:50
  
  TALKEETNA, Alaska (AP) – Rangers rescued two climbers in unrelated incidents from Kahiltna Glacier in Denali National Park on Monday.
  The National Park Service released a statement saying that mountaineering rangers and guides rescued a critically injured solo climber at the bottom of Heartbreak Hill.
  Twenty-three-year-old Michael Metzler, of Carnation, Washington, was suffering from an abdominal illness. The team provided pain medication and then assisted Metzler to the Kahiltna Basecamp
  
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• Juneau Assembly receives whale fountain money, OKs Eaglecrest beers, passes $335M budget

  06-06-2017 08:24 via ktoo.org
  
  The Juneau Assembly adopted a budget Monday without closing any facilities or laying off any staff. The $335 million budget taps into more than $800,000 in savings, imposes cost-cutting across city departments and repays debt at a slower pace.
  The city will still have more than $10.5 million in its reserves.
  But two vacant city staff positions will remain unfilled to cut costs, a city planner and a community service officer for the Mendenhall Valley area.
  Alaska Fish & Game wildlife biologis
  
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• Anchorage firefighter severely injured during training exercise

  06-06-2017 08:23
  
  An Anchorage firefighter was severely hurt during a training exercise Monday.
  In a Nixle sent out Monday at 9:53 p.m., a firefighter was assisted and transported to a local hospital by fellow firefighters.
  Further information will be available Tuesday afternoon, according to the Anchorage Fire Department.
  Police ask to please respect the family’s wish for privacy during this trying time.
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• Anchorage Fire Fighter severely injured during training exercise

  06-06-2017 08:23
  
  An Anchorage Fire Fighter was severely hurt during a training exercise Monday.
  In a Nixle sent out Monday at 9:53 p.m., a Fire Fighter was assisted and transported to a local hospital by fellow Fire Fighters.
  Further information will be available tomorrow afternoon.
  Police ask to please respect the family’s wish for privacy during this trying time.
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• Alaska teens solve crimes at CSI camp

  06-06-2017 07:08
  
  It’s a summer camp unlike any other. All week, a group of Alaska teens are finding out what it takes to investigate a crime scene at CSI Forensic Science Camp.Beyond collecting finger prints, campers will see how law enforcement officers handle real would situations, practice firearm safety and learn about courtroom procedures.
  CSI Camp participant, Serena Heck said she wanted attend the camp because she’s interested in forensic science.
  “You can do anything in forensic science
  
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• Moose ‘baby shower registry’ helps organization care for orphaned calves

  06-06-2017 07:03
  
  The organization Alaska Moose Mamas is now caring for its first orphaned moose calves of the season.
  “Thelma” and “Louise” came to the facility last week, after biologists from the Department of Fish and Game euthanized their mom. Biologists said the cow attacked four people and had to put her down because she was “too aggressive.”
  The babies are getting used to their new, temporary home on the hillside.
  “They’re cute when they’re young and t
  
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• Community celebrates black soldier who helped build the Alaska Highway

  06-06-2017 06:38
  
  It’s a part of Alaska history that some people don’t know about — how the Alaska Highway was built with the help of black soldiers at the start of World War II. One of those soldiers — who is visiting Alaska — is being recognized for the work he and others did 75 years ago.
  Leonard Larkins, 96, and three of his sons were flown to Alaska by a group celebrating the highway’s 75th anniversary. Larkins hadn’t stepped foot in the state since he was a 21-year-
  
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• Seattle City Council OKs tax on soda, sugary drinks

  06-06-2017 03:53
  
  SEATTLE (AP) – The Seattle City Council has approved taxing soda and other sugary beverages to pay for nutrition and education programs.
  The ordinance passed on a 7-1 vote Monday calls for a tax of 1.75 cents per ounce on major distributors of beverages such as Pepsi and Coke, sports drinks, energy drinks and other sweetened drinks. Diet drinks were exempted.
  Mayor Ed Murray proposed the tax in February to raise millions for programs to promote healthy food choices and help close the learn
  
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• Man sentenced in pot grow that damaged Native American site

  06-06-2017 03:48
  
  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) – Federal prosecutors say a Mexican citizen has been sentenced to over two years in prison in connection with a large-scale marijuana operation that damaged a Native American site in California.
  A judge in Fresno on Monday also ordered 30-year-old Carlos Piedra-Murillo to pay over $5,000 to the U.S. Forest Service to help with repairs.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Piedra cultivated marijuana in the Domeland Wilderness area in Sequoia National Forest between May
  
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• NSA report indicates Russian cyberattack against U.S. voting software vendor last August

  06-06-2017 03:44
  
  Last Updated Jun 5, 2017 8:55 PM EDT
  Russian government hackers carried out a cyberattack against one U.S. voting software vendor last August and launched a spear-phishing attack targeting local U.S. organizations days before the 2016 U.S. election, according to a highly classified report within the National Security Agency.
  CBS News confirmed the authenticity of the report Monday after the 5-page document was published by The Intercept. Sections of the report have been redacted by U.S. intelli
  
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• Police: Man accused of killing mom’s pets after demanding $50 from parents

  06-06-2017 03:38
  
  MIAMI — A Miami Gardens man is facing animal cruelty charges for a disturbing attack on his own mother’s family pets, CBS Miami reports.
  Jimmy Cardona, 28, demanded $50 from his mother and father “or something bad was going to happen,” police wrote in an arrest report. Cardona allegedly threatened his mother over the phone and sent his father a text with the demand on Thursday.
  His father ignored the message.
  Hours later, when Cardona’s mother got home, she discover
  
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• Walker backs tax based on income level as part of compromise

  06-06-2017 03:32 via ktoo.org
  
  Gov. Bill Walker walks to a meeting with House minority caucus members on June 5, 2017. Walker proposed a compromise that includes a head tax. (Photo courtesy Alaska Governor’s Office)
  After an entire regular session and more than half a special session gone with no deal on a state budget, Gov. Bill Walker met with legislative leaders Monday to roll out a compromise package.
  Under the governor’s proposal, people who work in Alaska would pay a set amount each year based on their incom
  
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• KXLL Love Line Submission Portal

  06-06-2017 03:00 via ktoo.org
  
   
  To celebrate KXLL’s Summer Membership Drive, Bridge From Nowhere podcast hosts Andy Kline and Jamie Karnik are taking over KXLL to announce and respond to your message, missed connection or love question.
  Tune in at 4:00 p.m. Friday, June 9th to hear your message read aloud.
  *Missed Connect may be edited or omitted due to time constraints and language
  Leave your message through the portal below:
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• KXLL Pop Up Record Shop

  06-06-2017 02:47 via ktoo.org
  
   
  The KXLL Pop-Up Record Shop is back! To celebrate our Summer Membership Drive we’re setting up shop at the JAHC Rock around the Black Party at Pivot Plaza outside Alaska State Library Archives and Museum.
  The sale begins at 5:30 p.m. on Friday June 9th with records priced at $1, $5, and $10.
  Donate your record collection at KTOO Public Media between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
  Contact [email protected] for questions.
  
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• State, Ahtna hope to reach settlement in land access dispute

  06-06-2017 02:44
  
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – The state and an Alaska Native regional corporation hope to finalize a settlement later this summer in a long-running land access dispute.
  Attorneys for the state and Ahtna Inc., in a court filing last Tuesday, said they hoped to finalize a settlement within 90 days. Part of that time would be used for public comment.
  The dispute centers on access along a road leading from Copper Center to Klutina Lake. Ahtna has said the road traverses undeveloped Ahtna land.
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• Delta, Greely celebrate Alaska Highway’s 75th anniversary, black troops who helped build it

  06-06-2017 01:55 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Fort Greely senior officers and invited dignitaries applaud after Leonard Larkins receives a proclamation and key to the city of Delta Junction at the end of Saturday’s ceremony on Fort Greely. From left, Chaplain Maj. Ernest Ibanga, Gov. Bill Walker, First Lady Donna Walker, Larkins, Greely Garrison Commander Lt. Col. Michael Foote, Delta Mayor Pete Hallgren, state Sen. Mike Dunleavy and state Rep. George Rauscher. (Photo by Tim Ellis/KUAC)
  Fort Greely and Delta Junction celebrated the Al
  
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• Caelus postpones appraisal well for big North Slope oil discovery

  06-06-2017 01:44 via ktoo.org
  
  Caelus Energy’s Smith Bay rig. Caelus says tax credits are needed to help develop the find. (Image courtesy Caelus Energy)
  The company behind what could be Alaska’s biggest oil discovery since the 1960s will not be drilling a well to confirm the find this winter, as originally planned.
  Last October — with great fanfare — Caelus Energy announced it found 6 to 10 billion barrels of oil beneath the North Slope’s Smith Bay, about 2 billion barrels of which is recoverabl
  
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• House Majority rejects governor’s compromise

  06-06-2017 01:37
  
  Governor Bill Walker is meeting with each caucus of the Alaska legislature individually Monday to roll-out his compromise fiscal plan, as Walker promised Friday; but, the House Majority caucus has already rejected the governor’s proposal.
  “It’s not acceptable to the House majority,” House Majority Leader, Chris Tuck (D-Anchorage) said in an interview Monday afternoon. “He’s negotiating against himself and negotiating against the best interest of Alaska.”
  
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• Pathfinder pole raised on last day of school in Ketchikan

  06-06-2017 01:36 via ktoo.org
  
  
  Schoenbar Middle School students and visitors prepare to raise the Pathfinder totem pole. (Photo by Leila Kheiry/KRBD)
  Schoenbar Middle School celebrated the end of the school year with a special totem-raising ceremony.
  The Pathfinder totem pole was carved by Schoenbar students over the past year under the direction of carver Kelly White.
  It now stands in front of the school, where an earlier pole used to stand decades ago.
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• Masked man robs Uncle Joe’s Pizzeria at gunpoint

  06-06-2017 00:59
  
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  The owner of Uncle Joe’s Pizzeria is hoping the public can help identify a masked man who robbed an employee at gunpoint.
  Police say it happened at 11:24 p.m. Saturday. They received a call stating the Uncle Joe’s Pizzaria located at 6839 Jewel Lake Road had been robbed. Pizzeria owner, Joe White said it was at the end of a shift, and only one employee was left when the robber came in the back door. Th
  
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• Juneau researcher discovers new flying squirrel species

  06-06-2017 00:49
  
  Research by a @UAsoutheast professor helped discover the existence of a new species of flying squirrelhttps://t.co/XXU5NYmiCK pic.twitter.com/5dtRUNwzPs
  — JuneauEmpire.com (@JuneauEmpire) June 4, 2017
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) – Research by a Juneau scientist has helped discover the existence of a new species of flying squirrel.
  The Juneau Empire reported Sunday that Allison Bidlack and her six-person team discovered the existence of a third species of flying squirrel, which they have
  
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• Wildfire northeast of Dillingham grew to 1,000 acres Sunday, Forestry Division says

  06-06-2017 00:16 via ktoo.org
  
  
  A photo of the 1,000-acre Kenakuchuk Fire taken late Saturday evening. The fire is burning in a limited protection area about 40 miles northeast of Dillingham and is being monitored by the Alaska Division of Forestry. (Photo by Jason Jordet/Alaska Department of Natural Resources/Division of Forestry)
  A wildfire near Okstukuk Lake, 40 miles northeast of Dillingham, had grown to 1,000 acres by Sunday night.
  After a slow start to the state’s wildlfire season, thunderstorms sparked a doze
  
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