Photo archive for June 19, 2008
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Jim and Kathy Flantz talk to reporters about their daughter being lost for six days in Denali National Park and Preserve in Healy on Thursday, June 19, 2008. Abby Flantz, of Gaylord, Minn., and Erica Nelson, of Las Vegas, were found Wednesday after six days in the park.
Abby Flantz, 25, of Gaylord, Minn., talks to reporters about being lost for six days in Denali National Park and Preserve on Thursday, June 19, 2008.
Erica Nelson , 23, talks to reporters about being lost for six days in Denali National Park and Preserve in Healy, Alaska on Thursday, June 19, 2008. Abby Flantz, of Gaylord, Minn., and Nelson, of Las Vegas, headed into the park backcountry on Thursday for what was intended to be an overnight backpacking trip. The hikers were reported overdue on Saturday by their co-workers at a park entrance hotel. Rescue workers from state and federal agencies located the duo on Wednesday, uniting them with their families shortly afterward.
Crews study the hydrology of the proposed gas pipeline route. Field work for the Denali -- The Alaska Gas Pipeline is under way now. Work this summer will focus on a 200-mile corridor between Delta Junction and the Canadian Border.
Denali - The Alaska Pipeline President Bud Fackrell offers remarks welcoming the community to the grand opening of the Tok field office on Thursday.
Third Eye Blind is coming to Fairbanks
Third Eye Blind will perform during the Blue Loon's annual Sumer Solstice concert Friday. The show will begin with performances from local bands 12 Year Stretch and Means to an End.
John Fridrich will hold a reading and book signing for his new book, "Just Enuf to Get By," June 26 at Gulliver's Bookstore.
Sociologist and author Dr. Michael Kimmel will present a lecture on masculinity at Davis Concert Hall on June 24.
Local entertainer Bob Miller will perform his one-man show, Moose Nuggets and other Alaskan Gems, every Friday and Saturday night throughout the summer at the Riverfront Theatre.
A aerial photo of Echo Cove, front, and Berners Bay, top is seen in July 2004. The northern termination of Glacier Highway is on the bottom right. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit June 18, 2008. for the construction of the road out of Juneau. The proposed road will loop through Berners Bay and continue north up Lynn Canal.
A aerial photo of Comet Beach looking north up the East Side of Lynn Canal North of Juneau, Alaska, is seen in this on July 19, 2004. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued a permit Wednesday for the construction of the road out of Juneau. The proposed road will loop through Berners Bay and continue north up Lynn Canal.
In this screen grab provided by Anchorage, Alaska, television station KTUU, Erica Nelson of Las Vegas, left, and Abby Flantz of Gaylord, Minn., right, are shown Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at Denali National Park shortly after being reunited with family members. The two were found after being reported missing on June 15, 2008.
Johnny Nelson of Las Vegas hugs his daughters Erica, left, and Alecia on Wednesday afternoon, June 18, 2008, at the Denali Park airstrip in Alaska. Erica and Abby Flantz were found Wednesday, six days after heading off on a planned overnight hike in Denali National Park in Alaska.
This wounded grizzly bear was later euthanized in Soldotna, Alaska, on June 15, 2008. Alaska wildlife officials said the bear was suffering from at least three gunshot wounds and simply looking for a place to die as it wandered near a guardrail along the Sterling Highway, but it attracted a crowd of about 100 people who snapped shots on their cameras and cell phones. (AP Photo/Colin Tyler Bogucki)
Members of the Tlingit Nation of Southeast Alaska board a 26-foot hand-carved dugout canoe, known as the Raven Canoe, Thursday, June 19, 2008, during the ceremonial launching of the boat on the Potomac River in Washington. The ceremony was held to prepare for the canoe's installation in the Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History.
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Goldpanner Ryan Scoma slides safely into second base during the third inning Wednesday evening, June 18, 2008 at Growden Memorial Park.
Former UAF men's head basketball coach Al Sokaitis answers questions during a public forum as a finalist for the women's basketball head coaching position Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
A pair of mating northern bluet damselflies is shown in what is known as the wheel position.
John Hudson of Juneau attempts to catch a dragonfly.
A four-spotted skimmer, the most common dragonfly in Alaska, is seen perched on a plant.
Courtney Hamilton, 17, and father, Rich Hamilton, pose with the cinnamon black bear she shot on May 24 at a bait station near Fairbanks. It was her first big game trophy.
Jeremy Earnshaw of Fairbanks is pictured with his girlfriend, Christina Cuppitt. Earnshaw is missing off the central coast of New South Wales, Australia, since Monday when he was swept off rocks into the sea.
Christopher Ybarra talks with his attorney after being sentenced by Judge Michael MacDonald at the Rabinowitz Courthouse on Wednesday, June 18, 2008. Ybarra held police at bay during a six-hour standoff last year, firing 20 shots during the ordeal.
German Air Force detachment commander Lt. Col. Oliver Eckstein, left, and operations officer Maj. Mathias Ochs, right, field questions as members of the German air force join other forces for joint training during Red Flag-Alaska on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at Eielson Air Force Base. About 300 German airmen and 16 Tornado aircraft are spending five weeks participating in the training exercise.
Bicyclists, pedestrians and heavy traffic flow slowly along Cushman Street north of the Cushman Street Bridge on Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
Tech Sgt. Tom Hoffmann inspects the undercarriage of a Tornado fighter aircraft as members of the German air force join other forces for joint training during Red Flag-Alaska on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at Eielson Air Force Base. About 300 German airmen and 16 Tornado aircraft are spending five weeks participating in the training exercise.
A Tornado fighter aircraft is appropriately marked for its mission as members of the German air force join other forces for joint training during Red Flag-Alaska on Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at Eielson Air Force Base. About 300 German airmen and 16 Tornado aircraft are spending five weeks participating in the training exercise.
