Helena Wegner
Reporter at McClatchy Newspapers
@mcclatchy national reporter covering national parks & wildlife in the West. [email protected] Past: @HowardCenterASU, @azcentral & @Cronkite_ASU
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miamiherald.com | Helena Wegner
A Maryland woman checks her horoscope every morning, but this time a set of numbers stood out. She used them on a lottery game and won a big prize. The lucky lottery player from Laurel was doing her routine of “light stretching, freshening up and checking her daily horoscope,” the Maryland Lottery said in a June 26 news release. That day, her horoscope included a set of five numbers: 25569.
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idahostatesman.com | Helena Wegner
A young moose wandered into an Idaho neighborhood and was caught snacking on raspberries. Authorities started getting calls from residents about the large animal in their backyards on Tuesday, June 24, in Burley, Idaho Game and Fish said in a news release. Deputies went to the neighborhood to tell residents to keep a distance from the yearling moose.
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sacbee.com | Helena Wegner
A rattlesnake was lurking in leaves when it bit a 72-year-old woman at her Arizona home, fire officials said. Firefighters responded to the area at about 11:50 a.m. June 24 in Sahuarita, the Santa Rita Fire District said in a Facebook post. Sahuarita is about a 25-mile drive south from Tucson. The snake struck “unexpectedly” once the woman stepped on her front porch, fire officials said. It was hiding in leaves near the door.
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thenewstribune.com | Helena Wegner
A body found in a reservoir near Mount St. Helens belongs to a missing hunter, deputies said. Getty Images/iStockphoto A 72-year-old man’s body was found seven months after he vanished during a hunting trip in Washington, deputies said. Someone reported finding a body June 22 in the Swift Reservoir, just south of Mount St. Helens, the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Deputies and the county coroner got on a boat to recover it, authorities said.
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chronline.com | Helena Wegner
A man lost in the woods for five days was discovered after someone heard a voice calling for help, deputies in Washington said. The witness called 911 at about 12:30 a.m. June 21 in Poulsbo, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. A deputy then went to the area and heard “a faint, distressful voice coming from the woods from a man saying he had fallen from a tree,” authorities said.
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Fishermen shared photos of the creatures to social media in 2021. Then researchers started looking for them in South Puget Sound.🌊 https://t.co/gIixuFAcLD
Someone drove over a nest belonging to a threatened species in western Washington. Now, officials are warning other beachgoers to watch out for signs.🏖️ https://t.co/LVJ0bupjOM
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