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907 Updates June 09, 2023

Trapper Creek, AK
Troopers Seek Information on Trapper Creek Murder

On May 24, 2023, 30-year-old Fairbanks resident Sunday Powers was reported missing to the Alaska State Troopers. Sunday’s disappearance was deemed suspicious due to a 911 call made by Sunday before she was reported missing. The Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Bureau of Investigation immediately began searching for Sunday along the Parks Highway corridor where she was believed to be traveling.

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Alert sent on 06/09/2023 at 12:03PM AKDT

Case: AK23050460 –

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(907) 352-5401

https://www.tip411.com/alerts/85523

 
 
 
 
KTUU: Proposal limits team options for transgender student-athletes; New abatement policy in the works from Bronson administration; Boarding school commission bill passed by Committee of Indian Affairs, will go to Senate floor and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: Nome brothers take home $500k for winning ‘Race to Survive: Alaska’; Proposed policy aims to streamline Alaska’s food stamp application process and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation issues notification of a data security incident and more ->

 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: 177th Fighter Wing Leads 108th Wing and 111th Attack Wing During Scruffy Devil Exercise in Alaska; This Day in Alaskan History-June 9th, 1912 and more ->

 
 
 
 

Fairbas News Webcenter 11: UAF highlights active community members in live interview series; Dalton Highway to see closures while Dietrich Quarry conducts blast operations and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: ‘You can never give up’: A longtime Point Hope whaling captain lands his first bowhead and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Dr. Richard McGrath to serve two years for sexual assault in the third Degree; Ketchikan Grand Jury indicts Dwight “Chris” John on 17 counts of sexual abuse of a minor and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Volunteers prepare Petersburg’s cemetery for Memorial Day and more ->

 
 
 
 

KRBD: Ketchikan church leader facing felony charges of sexual abuse of a minor and more ->
 
 
 
 

Suzanne Downing, Must Read Alaska:Heist: Former armored transport guard skimmed $579,400 from Juneau banks over two years
 
 
 
 
By Mark Thiessen The Associated Press: Utah man sues Alaska troopers, says his job offer was yanked after revealing HIV status

 
 
 
 
Event by Military Women’s Memorial
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Join via livestream to Celebrate Women Veterans Recognition Day with us at the Military Women’s Memorial! We promise, you will NOT want to miss this.
Celebrated each year on June 12 at the Military Women’s Memorial in recognition of the anniversary of the 1948 Women’s Armed Services Integration Act signing, 2023 is particularly significant as it is the 75TH ANNIVERSARY of that groundbreaking legislation for America’s military women, granting women a permanent place and an opportunity for a career in the nation’s military. On this special day designated to honor America’s military women, join us virtually for this special program that includes music, presentations, special remarks, and even some surprise guests.
Women Veterans Recognition Day, June 12, is synonymous with the Military Women’s Memorial – the place to be to honor and celebrate America’s military women on this historic day.
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Event by Black Birch Books
Black Birch Books
Duration: 6 hr
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
Join us every Saturday morning for coffee with a veteran! All are welcome.
☕️The coffee is FREE and the veterans are bitter. ???????? We’re never quiet and full of stories. The event ends when we feel like it.
*Black Birch Books is owned by a female disabled veteran. We exclusive hire homeless youth from this community and we’re the only bookbinder in the state.*
All events are scheduled by request. Please let us know if you’d like us to host something!
BBB is a female disabled vet owned biz who hires homeless youth. We are the only bookbinder in Alaska
2901 E. Bogard Rd. #104, Wasilla, AK, United States, Alaska
(907) 373-2677
blackbirchbooks@gmail.com
 
 

907 Updates June 08, 2023

KTUU: First rabid moose in state history discovered in Western Alaska; Anchorage experiencing shortage of vital service workers Police, fire and health departments all have worker shortages; APD chief estimates police force to be equipped with body cams by early 2024 and more ->

 
 
 
 

KTOO: Alaska to launch $5 million state-run reading academy amid skepticism and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Hooper Bay residents weigh in on the impact of fishing closures. ‘It’s like taking away food from our table’ and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: BLM issues fire restrictions to protect properties and residences north of Fairbanks; This Day in Alaskan History-June 8th, 1957 and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Fairbanks resident Lizzie Hartman competes on MasterChef Season 13; Milestones reached at first farms in the Nenana-Tochaket Agricultural Project and more ->
 
 
 
 
KINY: Long-term study hopes to unlock secrets of Gulf of Alaska ecosystem; Avian influenza has returned to Alaska, and so have health advisories; Individual Artist Award Application now open and more ->

 
 
 
 

KRBD: Ketchikan’s tribe holds awakening and launch for X’oots kuye’ik canoe and more ->

 
 
 
 

KUCB: Bishop Alexei of the Orthodox Church of Alaska makes first Aleutians visit and more ->
 
 
 
 

Delta Wind: City awards landfill dig contract without bid and more ->

 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Eating more fish
 
 
 
 

Tele Aadsen: What Water Holds: Tele’s First Book’s Birthday!

 
 
 
 

907 Updates June 07, 2023

KTUU: Assembly passes resolution allowing homeless camp on vacant land by Cuddy Park and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Bethel residents hunt for fiddleheads, before fronds unfurl; Juneau Assembly to consider registration program for short-term rentals and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: Alaska Pacific University receives a grant to diversify and expand nursing in the state and more ->
 
 
 
 

Alaska Native News: Fairbanks Man Arrested on Terroristic Threats Aimed at Tanana Chiefs Tuesday; Houston Man Busted for Two Incidences Involving Firearms This Week; This Day in Alaskan History-June 7th, 1942 and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Attorney General Taylor urges FCC to clarify rules on consent for telemarketing robocalls and texts and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Seward Journal June 07 to June 13, 2023

 
 
 
 
KMXT: Midday Report June 7, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: a research team based out of Nome plans to map the seafloor, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan says Chinese nationals posing as tourists drove through Fort Wainwright’s main gate and onto the post before being stopped by security personnel, and Unalaska celebrates Pride.
 
 
 
 

Craig Medred: Bad good deeds
 
 
 
 
By BLM Alaska Fire Service: BLM AFS Midnight Sun Hotshots head to Canada to help with wildfires

 
 
 
 
Alaska Public Media: Talk of Alaska: Summer reading with Alaskan authors
Alaskans like to pack in as much fun as possible during our gloriously long summer days and extended bouts of backyard, beach, boat and campsite time is made all the better when you have a great book to relax with. Readers know how books create magical doorways into other worlds and other worldviews that enhance your imagination in ways that scrolling online will never match. If you want to stick to home grown books, Alaska has many great authors and a wide range of selections from thrillers to romance to science. We’ll talk with Alaska writers and librarians to hear about their book recommendations on this Talk of Alaska.

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The Alaska 100: Showing up beyond Pride Month | Summer book recs | Generative AI guidelines
 
 
 
 
Alone in Remote Alaska: Episode #80: D.I.T.L. / Supply Run / Scenic Drive from Remote Alaska Cabin
 
 
 
 
Simple Living Alaska: How We Will Harvest the Sun | The Perfect Spot for Our Solar Panels
 
 

907 Updates June 06, 2023

KTUU: Nikiski teen dies in fall while riding top of pickup truck; Anchorage Assembly to review multiple versions of sanctioned camps proposal at regular meeting; Officials prepare to clear campers from Cuddy Park on Tuesday; Opinions vary at final stretch of Clean Slate Strategy town halls; 3 of Grubby’s offspring captured, more remain at large and more ->

 
 
 
 

KTOO: Complaint against Juneau Fred Meyer will be heard this fall by state human rights commission and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: This Day In Alaska History June 6th, 1914 and more ->

 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: UAF offers free summer concert series “Music in the Garden” and more ->

 
 
 
 
KINY: Brett Gilbert sentenced for 2017 hatchet murder; A study to monitor the potentially imperiled Aleutian tern kicks off in Alaska and more ->

 
 
 
 

KRBD: Clothes missing from Ward Lake installation on Murdered and Missing Indigenous People turn up in ditches, near culverts and more ->
 
 
 
 

KUCB: Ben Knowles named Unalaska’s new fire chief and more ->
 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Safe space
 
 

907 Updates June 05, 2023

KTUU: One last ride to remember Cynthia Hoffman and more ->
 
 
 
 
KTOO: Anchorage now has the third busiest cargo airport in the world, with plans for growth and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: One Arrested in Big Lake Following Shots-Fired Incident Saturday Night; This Day in Alaskan History-June 5th, 1916 and more ->

 
 
 
 
Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Tanana Lakes Recreation Area undergoes expansion project and more ->

 
 
 
 

KINY: Dozens evacuated from small cruise ship in Alaska after engine room fire; Here’s what passed and what didn’t in Alaska’s legislative session and more ->
 
 
 
 

KSTK: Draft budget proposes 24% drop in Wrangell property tax rate and more ->

 
 
 
 
KUCB: Unfinished business from WW II: Recognizing PFC George Fox, an Unangax̂ soldier who died in combat and more ->

 
 
 
 

KMXT: Midday Report June 5, 2023 and more ->
 
 
 
 

FYI
Adventures With Herbs In Fairbanks, Alaska Paperback – Illustrated, March 8, 2023
by Marsha Munsell (Author), Virginia Damron (Author)
 
 
 
 
Truck House Life: Truck Camping at the “Impossible” Camping Spot | Homemade Pizza and My First Day Whitewater Kayaking
 
 
 
 
Home Free Alaska: SHEEP for our ALASKA Homestead! Meet the Flock + Sad News we Weren’t Expecting…
 
 

907 Updates June 04, 2023

Alaska Native News: This Day in Alaskan History-June 4th, 1741 and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Multiple deaths reported on vessel; Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry and more ->
 
 
 
 

Fireside Books: Alaskan Authors
 
 
 
 

Michael R Dougherty, Anchorage Memories VIP Club: Anchorage Swimming Memories Did you swim at the Spa, enjoy a day at Goose Lake or Spenard Lake? Summer in Anchorage was a lot of fun. Put on the suntan lotion for this edition.
 
 

907 Updates May 31-June 03, 2023

KTUU: Family locates body of missing Anchorage hiker and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Grubby’s son captured as Homer faces growing opossum oproblem and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Two Fairbanks Women Arrested after Mail Theft Call in Fairbanks; Polar Bears of the Past Survived Warmth; This Day in Alaskan History- in May 31st, 1977; This Day in Alaskan History-June 1st, 1909; This Day in Alaskan History-June 2nd, 1840; This Day in Alaskan History-June 3rd, 1942 and more ->

 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Alaska lawmakers respond to reports of suspected Chinese spy activity at local military bases; Trista Jennings pleads not guilty to embezzling funds from City of Anderson and more ->
 
 
 
 

The Arctic Sounder: Utqiagvik DMV reopened to offer some services and more ->
 
 
 
 

KINY: Reward available for information about shooting of Steller sea lions in Cordova and more ->
 
 
 
 

KSTK: Feds to help identify Alaska waters ready for aquaculture growth and more ->
 
 
 
 
The Seward Journal May 31 to June 06, 2023

 
 
 
 

KFSK: Petersburg fisherman moonlights as up-and-coming rap musician and more ->
 
 
 
 

KRBD: Man convicted of killing Ketchikan surgeon filled shipping containers with his expensive belongings, new details show and more ->
 
 
 
 

KUCB: Qawalangin Tribe launches effort to stop spread of H5N1 bird flu following series of cases on the island and more ->
 
 
 
 

KXT: Kodiak museums announce new joint archaeology project and more ->
 
 
 
 

KTOO: Juneau writer Vera Starbard weighs in on Writers Guild strike

 
 
 
 
Christine Byl – Author
Lookout is my second book and first novel, following a Western Montana family over decades. Dirt Work: An Education in the Woods, my first book, is a non-fiction account of working on trail crews for the National Park Service, and living in wild places in Montana and Alaska. Fiction and essays have appeared in The Sun, Glimmer Train Stories, Crazyhorse, Lumberyard, Broadsided Press, and other magazines, journals and anthologies. Please see READ for pieces that appear online. I teach craft classes for 49 Writers; I am a senior affiliate editor at Alaska Quarterly Review; and I sometimes work as a writer-in-residence, primarily in remote or under-funded public schools.
 
 
 
 
Craig Medred: Clickbait

 
 
 
 

Fashion Pact Event Calendar and more ->

 
 
 
 
Simple Living Alaska: Better Than We Expected | Outdoor Hot Water & Cabin Flashing
 
 

907 Updates May 30, 2023

KTUU: JBER soldier killed in crash on base; Iditarod Elementary teacher sentenced to 46 years on abuse conviction; Seeking Shelter: Community task force looks at 40th and Denali lot for potential sanctioned campground and more ->

 
 
 
 
KTOO: UPDATE: Search suspended for 4 missing from fatal charter boat accident near Sitka; In Metlakatla, people from across Southeast learn how to watch for invasive green crabs and more ->
 
 
 
 

KYUK: The Alaska Organized Militia deployed to Bethel and Circle to support flood recovery efforts; Daniel Buckingham sentenced to 23 Years for sexual assault and more ->
 
 
 
 
Alaska Native News: Murkowski Joins 26 Senators to Reintroduce Bill Seeking Healing for Stolen Native Children and their Communities; Feltleaf willows: Alaska’s most abundant tree; This Day in Alaskan History-May 27th, 1905; This Day in Alaskan History-May 28th, 1867; This Day in Alaskan History-May 29th, 1943; This Day in Alaskan History-May 30th, 1788 and more ->

 
 
 
 

Fairbanks News Webcenter 11: Pioneer Park hosts Memorial Day ceremony featuring Senator Dan Sullivan and more ->
 
 
 
 
The Arctic Sounder: Police officer kills Point Hope man shooting at residents, troopers say; Police investigate possible arson fire; Athlete from Ambler to play college basketball and more ->
 
 
 
 

kINY: 42-year-old arrested in Ketchikan, charged with two counts of robbery, one count of assault and one count of violation of condtions of release; “Iditarod on a boat” Race to Alaska returns June 5 and more ->
 
 
 
 

KFSK: Petersburg celebrates Norwegian heritage in week-long festival and more ->
 
 
 
 

KMXT: Association of Latin Women in Alaska reinstates summer youth internship program nd more ->

 
 
 
 
HALO Meeting Agenda
Anchorage, AK
Thursday, June 1, 2023, at 7 p.m.
In-Person at Shepherd of the Hills (corner Klatt Rd & Elmore Rd)
or via Zoom
Meeting ID 455 419 5765 Passcode HALO
Join us for a special HALO meeting at 7 pm on Thursday, June 1st.
Topics will include a discussion of the DOT plans for the Seward/O’Malley interchange, which will include the creation of “double divergent diamonds” intersections. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, this is the pattern used at the intersection of Muldoon and the Glenn Highway.
We will also be formatting our input on AO 2023-66, which would take our current zoning districts and place them into only two categories in an effort to allow small lots throughout Anchorage. While most of the Hillside is zoned R-6 Large Lot Residential with one acre minimum square footage, this AO, if adopted, would remove minimums and dramatically increase densities.
CLICK HERE to download the agenda.
 
 

907 Updates May 29, 2023

KTUU: Police investigate fatal shooting in Spenard Neighborhood; Veterans remember the fallen ahead of Memorial Day and more ->

 
 
 
 
By Nancy Lord, ADN: Book review: GPS tracking plus an informed imagination tell a lone wolf’s story By Tom Walker; Mountaineers Books, “The Wanderer: An Alaska Wolf’s Final Journey”
 
 

907 Updates May 27-28, 2023

Craig Medred: Economic consequences
More shipping brings more chances for shipping disasters, including possible oil spills with which neither Russia, Alaska nor the U.S. are prepared to deal with in the region.

And with the Russians and their fleet of icebreakers wanting to make the Northern Sea Route a year-round shipping corridor in one of the most environmentally hostile regions on the globe – ice and 50-degree-below-zero temperatures be damned – a major shipping accident seems almost inevitable.
 
 
 
 

#52: Time to travel…

Hey there,

The timing couldn’t have been better. As we arrived in Anchorage from Cordova and McCarthy to provision for our summer issue road trip, the magazines arrived on schedule and got packed into our truck (after a celebratory chocolate avocado pudding and some kombucha at Hearth). We left the big town a bit thirsty and hungry, and ready for our first stop at Birch & Alder. We got our treats coffee at the drive-up window, but then we were invited inside for a peek at what will become the dining room later this summer. Keep your ears peeled for more on that. We’re excited.
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Rocks into Food
Humans and wolves sharing knowledge with their descendants

Last winter, Dave Kanosh, a Tlingit cultural bearer from Sitka, told me how his ancestors had built rock cairns in the subalpine and high in the mountains. He says many of these rock formations may date back to an ancient flood in which many died. Some survivors sought refuge atop mountains. The cairns were used as a calendar indicating when and where to harvest different foods. They were also used as memory devices to pass on stories. The two were equally vital for the survival of future generations.

“Rocks in those rock formations,” Kanosh said, “were used to help tell part of a story and each rock cairn had different stories.”
—Bjorn Dihle in his Summer column. Read the rest in the magazine or on our website.