VALLEY STUDENTS DISCIPLINED AFTER MOOSE DEATH (Mat-Su Frontiersman): A group of Colony Middle School students have been disciplined for taunting a moose so severely, the frightened animal repeatedly threw itself into a wall until it died. The story about the incident is drawing extensive and angry reader comment at Frontiersman.com. One who described herself as a Colony student wrote: "I for one I was ready to kill those kids -- they were eighth-graders ... It ran into a metal fence, three times till its antler went into its head. Most people were laughing except my friends and I. We were crying, while others made fun of us for crying for the moose."

DEAD MAN'S SNOWMACHINE FOUND; MYSTERY DEEPENS (Homer Tribune): Snowmachiners who refused to give up the search for Bryan Farrow's missing snowmachine following his unexplained disappearance and death discovered it Sunday morning in Caribou Hills. They were reportedly able to start the machine easily, adding more questions as to why the 47-year-old experienced outdoorsman left it behind.

FORT RICH SOLDIERS LEARN DEMOLITION (KTUU): Anchorage residents wondering about the blasting they heard Tuesday can find the answer in some raw video at KTUU.

VOLCANIC VERSE (The Redoubt Reporter): The Reporter asked Peninsula readers to submit haiku inspired by the eruption of Redoubt Volcano and got lots of responses. Here's one from Laura Forbes: Urban friends call me/ Are you near the lava flow?/ I lie and say yes. ALSO:

> Beyond science: Is Redoubt ruled by god or goddess? (Peninsula Clarion)

BREAKUP: A CENTURY OF BAD ATTITUDE (Fiery Blazing Handbasket): An Alaska blogger shares evidence that seasonal irritability has been part of life in Alaska for a long, long time. ALSO:

> Spring thaw challenged Peninsula pioneers (Redoubt Reporter)

BLOGGING FROM THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' SUMMIT (What Do I Know?): Blogger Steve Aufrecht is reporting on and photographing public sessions of the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change in Anchorage.

SHARING A SUNSET WITH A GREAT BLUE HERON (Katie Spielberger, Capital City Weekly):"The heron is a lucky sighting in many cultures around the world. Sightings are rare enough in Southeast that I do feel lucky when I see one of these inquisitive birds."

ATHABASCAN LEADER DIES OF CANCER (Fairbanks Daily News-Miner): Harold "Buddy" Brown, a recent Tanana Chiefs Conference president, died Tuesday morning at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital. By evening, a memorial gathering was under way in a church social hall. With photos

KODIAK CELEBRATES RETURN OF GRAY WHALES (KMXT, APRN): The gray whales have returned to Alaska waters, and Kodiak has a festival every year to welcome them as they swim by on their journey from Baja California to the Bering and Chukchi seas.

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Filming Charlie Vandergaw: "Stranger Among Bears" (Animal Planet)

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Rabbits rule in Mat-Su (Mat-Su Frontiersman)

Outdated beacons put air passengers at risk (Alaska Newspapers Inc.)

Anchorage skier recounts near-death in avalanche (Alaska Public Radio Network)