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Forest Service seeks information about stolen cedar planks for trail project

Forest Service seeks information about stolen cedar planks for trail project

About a dozen rough cut, yellow cedar planks to be used on the Dan Moller Trail were stolen sometime between March and May, U.S. Forest Service officials say.

Gardentalk – Raspberries and Porcupines

How do you dress a porcupine? Very carefully.

Sweetheart hosts brown bears and humans

Sweetheart hosts brown bears and humans

Brown bears and humans are enjoying salmon fishing at Sweetheart Creek, prompting a warning from Fish and Game.

US cutter pursues illegal fishing vessel across the Pacific

A Coast Guard cutter is off the coast of Japan, pursuing prosecution of an unregistered fishing vessel suspected of catching 40 tons of fish with an illegal high seas driftnet.

Hiker breaks leg and is rescued by helicopter

Capital City Fire and Rescue and Alaska State Troopers Tuesday helped tourists off the West Glacier Trail, including a Florida woman with a broken leg.

Below-average temps seen in Alaska cities

Alaska’s three largest cities saw below-normal temperatures in July.

Video: Men floating Alaska river save drowning bear

Video: Men floating Alaska river save drowning bear

Three Alaska men are being credited with saving a brown bear from drowning

Gardentalk – Berry picking and pickling

Mary Buyarski’s pickling recipe calls for as much garlic as you want.

New greenhouse project is in the works at Lemon Creek Correctional Center

New greenhouse project is in the works at  Lemon Creek Correctional Center

The Juneau Rotary Club is building a greenhouse at Lemon Creek Correctional Center. The project was chosen by the Juneau rotary club as a way for volunteers to give back to the community.

Jökulhlaup at Lake No Lake causing rise in Taku River

Jökulhlaup at Lake No Lake causing rise in Taku River

Forecasters with the National Weather Service in Juneau have detected a rise in the Taku River as well as dropping water temperatures caused by flooding from a jökulhlaup at Lake No Lake.