907 Updates August 05, 2023

KTUU: State hopes new law allowing DOC to issue ID cards will reduce recidivism for those leaving custody SB 119 will allow the Department of Corrections to issue IDs to those leaving custody; Feeding the body and the soul at fish camp and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: A flood warning is in effect for Mendenhall Lake and River as Juneau’s annual jökulhlaup begins; Surfers in Turnagain Arm catch the country’s longest wave: ‘It’s trippy’ and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Trial of former Akiachak school teacher accused of sexual abuse begins and more ->

 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaska History-August 5th, 1991 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Fighting fires in the tundra and more ->

 
 
 
 

KINY: Help stop illegal shootings of sea lions and seals near the Copper River Delta; Juneau Pools to offer multiple levels of Aquatics Instructor Training this fall and more ->
 
 
 
 

KRBD: Alaska harvesters and scientists share concern over black seaweed and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Take your wildlife skills to the next level – free Alaska wildlife identification guides

 
 
 
 

Rasmuson Foundation: We miss them already
 
 
 
 

Michael Dexter Hankins: HAVERTIGO “My brother, a couple of years later in Lubbock, Texas, coaxed me into riding something called a Tilt-A-Whirl.”
In 1972, having just graduated from high school, three friends from East High, along with me, late one night went to a small carnival next to the Valu-Mart shopping center. All went well until Jeff, Michelle, and Cathy, decided we needed to ride the Tilt-A Whirl. I wasn’t keen on the idea, but didn’t want to come across as wimpy either.

I made it through without getting sick amongst them, but quickly excused myself, finding a spot behind the generator trailer to hurl. My friends never knew. The next morning around five, noticing my wallet was missing, I drove back to that carnival, checking different Tilt-A-Whirl cars until finding it on the floor of one.

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