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Paraglider causes scare in Farmington
3+ hour, 35+ min ago (127+ words) The report of a paraglider caused a scare in Farmington on Wednesday. Police received the report of a "low-flying" paraglider with a red "parachute" in the morning hours in the area of Executive Drive, according to Lt. Kyle A. Noddin of…...
A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar bear tourism industry
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (724+ words) It's a spectacle that once brought 1, 000 or more tourists each year'to Kaktovik, the only settlement in the'Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, in a phenomenon sometimes called "last chance tourism" " a chance to see magnificent sights and creatures before'climate change'renders them extinct....
An Alaska Mother's Day tradition: Mingling with ice age survivors on a farm
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (638+ words) By MARK THIESSEN PALMER, Alaska (AP) " It is one of Alaska's favorite Mother's Day traditions, getting up close and personal with animals that have survived the ice age. All moms get a daisy and free admission Sunday at the Musk…...