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John Davis, 55, worked for Merrill Construction and was paving a driveway when the vehicle he was driving went down an embankment and rolled on top of him.

It's unclear if anyone currently lives at the single-family home where the work was being done.

Webster Police Chief Benedict Liberatore said only construction workers were at the residence Saturday.

A state medical examiner and first responders went to the scene at Deer Meadow Road shortly before noon Saturday.

The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was also notified of Davis' death, and will be sending an investigator there Monday, officials said.

"It appears while working the victim lost control of the dirt roller-type vehicle causing him to go off an embankment and causing the equipment to roll on top of him," said Webster Officer Aaron Sparks.

The workplace accident occurred near the Concord-Webster line.

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WILLOW, AK Two local companies are helping a woman in Willow who says she was duped out of $76,000 dollars for a driveway repair job that a local contractor says should have cost only around $20,000.

Marlin & Sons Construction and Emulsions Products donated labor and materials Friday to seal Robin Egdell's driveway, which was paved recently by a company called Edwards Asphalt.

"What I've seen is just a complete mess of a poor lady's driveway that got completely taken advantage of" said Curtis Marlin, owner of Marlin & Sons Construction.

Edgell says a few weeks ago, Edwards Asphalt arrived in the neighborhood and claimed its crew had left over asphalt they needed to get rid of. She says she thought they quoted her a price of $4,750, but later told her the actual price was $47,500.

Edgell claims the next day, when the job was finished, the company gave her an additional bill of nearly $25,000. In all, Edgell says she paid the company about $76,000.

Edgell says she was unaware at the time of how much paving work costs. "And at this age, I feel like a fool for being duped by somebody...that I should know better."

Tonya Burritt of Emulsion Products said "everyone in our company was just heartbroken over what happened to her."

Marlin says the material used by the company that did the original work was poor, as was the workmanship.

Channel 2 News called the toll-free number for Edwards Asphalt. A man, who refused to give his name, declined comment and rejected repeated invitations to do an interview.

The Alaska Attorney General's office said recently it's received at least 10 reports from Alaskans who were taken advantage by paving schemes. State officials say "the individuals claim that they are knocking because they have leftover materials and are able to pave driveways or sidewalks for a discounted rate. They cite a price that is attractive to homeowners without giving the required written notice that the homeowner has a right to cancel any written or verbal contract without penalty for five days."

According to the state's Consumer Protection Unit, the names of the questionable businesses cannot be released because the reports they receive are in the form of consumer complaints.

Although many of the people Channel 2 spoke with regarding Edwards Asphalt gave scathing reviews, we did speak with two people who had good things to say about their experience. True Value in Glennallen had its driveway paved in June, owner Ernie Christian says he was satisfied with the price and quality of their work. A homeowner in Seward echoed those feelings after her driveway was paved.

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UTICA The New York State Department of Transportation has issued travel advisories for area counties for the week of Aug. 7.

HERKIMER COUNTY

Town of Frankfort: Route 171 between Gulf Road and East Main Street. Motorists will encounter a road closure with a detour in place due to rock wall repair. The detour will be East Main Street to Cemetery Street/Higby Road to Albany Road to Gulf Road.

Village of Middleville: Route 28 over Maltanner Creek between Route 29 and Park Avenue. Motorists will encounter north and south one-way alternating traffic with a temporary signal for bridge reconstruction.

Town of Stark: Route 168 bridge over Otsquago Creek between Route 80 and Hoke Road. Motorists will encounter a road closure with a detour in place for bridge work. The detour will be Route 168 to Route 167 to Route 20 to Route 80.

Town of Schuyler: Route 5 between Elmwood Road and West German Street in Herkimer. Motorists will encounter one way alternating traffic with flaggers in place due to culvert repairs.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Town of Fonda and town of Amsterdam: Route 5 at Stoner Trail Road in the area of Tribes Hill. Motorists may encounter shoulder closures due to the installation of conduit and signal equipment.

Village of Canajoharie: Route 10 between Old Route 10 and Cliff Street. Motorists will encounter a full road closure with a signed detour in place due to culvert replacement.

City of Amsterdam: Route 30 northbound at Main Street. Motorists will encounter a left turn lane closure due to water valves being installed.

FULTON COUNTY

Town of Salisbury and town of Caroga: Route 29A between Cemetery Road and Route 10. Motorists will encounter one way alternating traffic with flaggers in place due to guiderail work.

Town of Gloversville: Route 30A between North Comrie Avenue and Harrison Street. Motorists will encounter intermittent shoulder closures in both directions due to culvert repairs.

Town of Perth: Route 30 between Voorhees Road and County Route 106. Motorists will encounter a lane shift with flaggers in place due to culvert repairs.

Town of Fonda to city of Johnstown: Route 30A between West Main Street and South Kingsboro Avenue. Motorists will encounter a lane shift with flaggers in place due to guiderail repairs.

ONEIDA COUNTY

Utica North-South Arterial Project: Motorists can expect to see lane closures on Oriskany Street as work continues on center median prepping and pouring stamp concrete, and temporary lane closures on the Route 5/8/12 north and south passing lanes between Noyes Street and Court Street off and on ramps. Closures are planned for the next two weeks while the contractor reconstructs the center island on the south end of the project. Closures may stay in place overnight.

City of Utica: Route 5/8/12 Arterial at Burrstone Road. Motorists will encounter a shortened deceleration lane for the south Burrstone Road exit ramp due to bridge rehabilitation. The speed limit is reduced to 40 mph from Oswego Street to Burrstone Road.

City of Utica: Route 5/8/12 north ramp from Burrstone Road, on which motorists will encounter a right shoulder closure of the acceleration lane to the Route 5/8/12 Arterial.

City of Utica: Route 5S between Broad Street and Broadway. Motorists will encounter east and westbound passing lane closures due to work in the median.

City of Rome: Route 69 between Gore Road and Pinebrook Lane. Motorists will encounter shoulder closures due to water line installations.

City of Rome: Route 825 (Griffiss Parkway) between Ellsworth Road and the Mohawk River. Motorists will encounter one way alternating traffic with flaggers in place between Ellsworth Road and the bridge over the Mohawk River due to miscellaneous construction and utility work. Market Street will be closed between Route 825 and March Street until November.

City of Rome: Route 825 (Griffiss Parkway) between the Ellsworth Road and Geiger Road intersection to the Floyd Avenue and Brooks Road intersection. Motorists will encounter a full road closure with a detour in place due to railroad work. The detour will consist of North on Route 825 follow detour signs to Ellsworth Road to March Street to Brooks Rout South onto Route 825 follow detour signs to Brooks Road to March Street to Ellsworth Road. Local Traffic to enter businesses along closed portion can enter at the Floyd Avenue and Brooks Roadd intersection.

Village of Clinton: Route 233 between Route 12B and Route 412. Motorists will encounter one way alternating traffic with a temporary signal.

Town of Trenton: Route 12 between Route 28 in Mapledale to the Route 1228 interchange in Alder Creek. Motorists will encounter shoulder closures and possible lane closures due to topsoil work, median work, driveway paving and sign installations throughout the project area.

MADISON COUNTY

City of Oneida and town of Vernon: Route 365A between Route 5 and Route 365. Motorists will encounter east and westbound one-way alternating traffic with flaggers due to miscellaneous road construction. Minor delays are expected.

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Gallons of fresh paint, solid new floors, gleaming appliances, state-of-the-art technological touches. So much thought and effort went into updating this stately two-story Colonial which sits in amazingly tranquil fashion just off busy Bragg Boulevard.

And yet, the real key to making this extensive renovation sing is the blue-eyed, curly-haired little pixie bouncing, twirling and dancing from one room to the next.

Four-year-old Remy Barrington's perpetual exuberance even manages to outshine all the new stainless, granite and mood lighting.

You have to think her late great-grandparents would approve.

Carl Adam Barrington Sr. built this home on Barrington Circle in 1946 after returning from serving in the Navy in World War II and opening a law practice that would endure for 25 years. He and his wife Pat went on to serve as the welcoming hosts for years of Christmas Eve dinners, Easter egg hunts and energetic grandchildren.

"My best childhood memories were of coming to this house for holidays,'' said Fayetteville lawyer Adam Barrington.

Adam shared the stories of the Norman Rockwell-worthy gatherings with his wife of 10 years, Beth, including how his grandfather would gather the grandchildren around the fireplace on Christmas Eve, then rap on the mantel to call forth the imaginary character "Ragbag.''

"Ragbag lived in the attic,'' Adam Barrington said. "He was as big as a horse, but lived in a peanut shell. Anything we grandchildren would ask he would discount by saying, 'Aw, horse feathers.' I loved it.''

The elder Barrington died in 1994. Pat Barrington continued to live in the home until she died in 2009. An uncle lived here until his death in 2014, but the house sat vacant for over three years.

By then, it had fallen into disrepair. Yet, the young family was game.

"I knew it had a lot of potential,'' said Beth Barrington, a mental health counselor. "It had good bones.''

And all those good memories.

"Obviously, there was the sentimental factor,'' Adam said.

But bringing the home back to life would take 15 months of work for the family and Johnny Cain Builders, including knocking down walls to create an open floor plan that flows from kitchen to living area.

"We love to entertain, so we wanted a big island in the kitchen,'' Adam Barrington said. "But people didn't have big kitchens back then. They had formal dining rooms and living rooms.''

The house, originally 2,200 square feet, is now about 2,500 square feet and sits on about an acre lot. Mature hardwood trees remain, along with new sod, but gone are the 14 pine trees that were threatening to fall. A red door with frosted glass welcomes visitors, as do the gas fixtures that frame the door with soft lighting.

Inside, a 14-foot granite-top island spans nearly the length of the kitchen and includes a commercial-grade gas stove and open cooking surface. Lights underneath the new kitchen cabinets not only add soft illumination, but also delight Remy in their ability to be changed to a rainbow of colors on a whim. The walls are painted a soft neutral gray throughout the home, and the floors are constructed of engineered, hand-scraped birch. The Barringtons added technological touches that include a refrigerator that offers recipes and a daily planner, and a voice-activated device that allows for everything from music to turning the lights off and on.

A gas fire pit is the center of the covered outdoor living space out back, where the Barringtons opted to put their well-loved leather pieces to good use instead of typical outdoor furniture.

They were finally able to move into the home in June, where they are now able to start making memories of their own with their little girl.

"God willing, she'll get married and have kids of her own and bring her kids here,'' Adam Barrington said. "And I'm sure there'll be a Ragbag sighting or two.''

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Restoration Hardware unveils teen design gallery

GREENWICH Many a selfie has been taken from the furry orb chair near the entrance of Restoration Hardwares recently opened gallery for teenagers.

That might as well serve as a seal of approval for the new space, according to Restoration Hardwares Greenwich galleries leader Heather Knox.

This summer, Restoration Hardware's Baby and Child gallery located at 264 Greenwich Ave., partially revamped the store to include designs for teens. Within a few weeks, the Baby & Child section was consolidated so it fills just half of the space, while RH Teen was rolled out in the other half.

Like all of Restoration Hardwares galleries, RH Teen in Greenwich is meant to serve as design inspiration, Knox said. So teenagers interacting with the new space by encouraging their parents to visit with them and snapping photos of themselves inside prove the gallery is fulfilling its mission, she said.

It made sense to make Greenwich an early adopter of RH Teen, Knox said, as many customers have said theyre happy to have a teen-specific design gallery. The layout of RH Teen is important to inspiring creativity, she added while guiding visitors through pocket rooms showing vignettes of girls bedrooms and study areas. They represent an eclectic mix of items from Tibetan and Mongolian furs to faux antler decor and sparkling white orb chandeliers.

Teenage girls drawn to these styles are glamorous but understated, Knox said, describing the style as Bohemian and beachy with distinct natural elements.

The girls spaces flow into pocket rooms showing off boys bedrooms and studies. Given Greenwichs reputation for producing athletes, its sporty style appeal to many customers, she said.

On a recent weekday afternoon, several mothers browsed catalogs and bedding swatches at the back of the store in its design atelier while several boys and girls roamed the rooms nooks. One visitor told his mom that he wanted one of Restoration Hardwares bunkbeds, and it would fit perfectly in his room. Since its opening, both male and female teenagers have visited the gallery in roughly equal proportions, Knox said.

Greenwich joins a handful of locations around the county to incorporate the brands teen offerings. Others include Atlanta, Chicago and Denver, but this is the only one within the tri-state area for now.

RH Teen marks a relatively new venture for the brand, and its expected to help with its growth, Restoration Hardwares chairman and CEO Gary Friedman said in statement announcing its first quarter results in June.

Last year was, the first full year of many new business initiatives such as RH Modern, RH Teen, RH Hospitality, the redesign of our RH Interiors Source Book, the roll out of Design Ateliers across our retail Galleries, and the addition of Waterworks, Friedman said in the statement. All of these new initiatives are expected to contribute to growth in 2017 and beyond. ...While 2016 was a year of transformation and transition, 2017 will be a year of execution, architecture, and cash.

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GROTON -- When Gov. George S. Boutwell built his home in 1851, a second-floor window looked out past the unpaved Main Street to the Worcester and Nashua Railroad.

Over the next few years, the town changed. A public library opened in 1854. Boutwell was on the committee.

The town kept modernizing, adding schools, municipal buildings, electricity, natural gas, water, pavement.

The Boutwell House remained in the family until 1933. As all homes do, it evolved with the times. The family added electrical service and plumbing. The paint, floor covering and wallpaper choices likely changed.

A heating system was added and the woodshed turned into closets.

That woodshed allowed the second owner, the Groton Historical Society, to install a handicap-accessible bathroom recently.

Restoring old homes is a "balance between conservation and what we need to live with," said Al Collins. The board member and licensed general contractor was the project manager of a years-long restoration.

The first improvements, while expensive and necessary to preserve the building, are not visible to the casual eye. Two grants awarded in 2011 allowed work to begin.

Town Meeting approved $179,000 from Community Preservation Act funds. The Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund provided another $79,000.

The society did all the work that bedevils owners of homes old and not-so-new. Roof work, including soffits and sheathing, came first. Leaks had damaged the interior.

A sprinkler system kept subcontractors going back to the drawing board time and again. The required pipes should not intrude in the period rooms, Collins said.

Getting it done was "really was a balance of subcontractors and myself," he said.

Pipes went through walls and closets, even into the attic to remain out of sight.

"It did work out fairly well," he said, which may be an understatement. A visitor would have to look hard for the new infrastructure.

Sprinkler pipes are in the entry hall, but heating pipes were already there. The heads blend in with wall coverings and paint.

A ramp to the side porch also helped bring the building into the future, he said.

The rest of the house was brought back to other times in the past. When restoring a building that has been in use for over 150 years, there are many time periods to include, said Kara Fossey, Groton History Center consultant.

Much of the restoration revolves around renovations the Boutwell family did around the turn of the century, Collins said. That was about the time the town got water and electricity.

Period carpet, paint and wallpaper provide a background for the society's collection. One original gas chandelier was retrofitted for electricity and other light fixtures from the same period were installed.

While cleaning the rear chimney, Collins found pieces of a Hub wood cooking stove. He tracked a Hub down in a farmhouse in New Hampshire and, restored, it takes the central place in the kitchen.

A set kettle for washing clothes was donated by homeowners in town. There was a space for it in the kitchen, but the original from the Boutwell House was no longer there.

Money for the second phase of the work, redoing the interior and painting the outside, was given by an anonymous donor.

Collins planned carefully, coming in just under budget.

The town got about $5,000 back from the CPA grant it made to the society.

Collins waited until most of the work was done before ordering new storm windows that will be paid for by the donation. If the project had ran out of money, those could be installed later, he said.

A free open house will be held Saturday, Aug. 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Boutwell House, 172 Main St. In addition to seeing the house, visitors can enjoy a display about the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson and Boutwell's role in the process.

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The sins of the father cast long shadows, and perhaps no play illustrates that as brilliantly as August Wilsons Fences. The Pulitzer prize-winning examination of family dynamics and the consequences of thwarted desires is given a solidly engaging production at Mad Cow Theatre, buoyed by sharp visual moments.

Director Tony Simotes has the stage virtually humming with undercurrents of emotional energy positive and negative coursing among the characters. A few missteps such as amateurish fight choreography can take you out of the moment, but the Maxson family pulls you right back in.

At the head of the clan is Troy, a middle-age city garbage collector who as the story opens has questioned his boss about why black employees, such as himself, have to empty the cans while white employees drive the trucks. Its 1957, and asking such a question could cost Troy his job.

It wouldnt be the first disappointment in his life: A talented baseball player, Troy played in the Negro League years ago and still resents the fact he never got a shot in the majors. That resentment rears its ugly head in his attitude toward son Corys burgeoning football career.

Larger than life, Troy is a master teller of tales, mixing truth with allegorical hyperbole like Uncle Remus, according to his friend Bono, deftly played by Patric Robinson in a strong Mad Cow debut.

As portrayed by Johnny Lee Davenport, who has done fine work locally for Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Troy has less roguish charm than often depicted. The way he captured the heart of long-suffering wife Rose (Sheryl Carbonell in an exquisitely modulated performance) rarely peeps through his irascibility.

Davenport takes a blustering, stammering approach that sometimes seems to tangle Wilsons finely crafted script. But the characters power still comes through. Its up to Damany Riley, as Troys elder son, to indicate his fathers charm, which he does with breezy panache. Stelson Telfort nicely puts a very human face on Codys internal dilemma: Will he choose bitterness, like his father, or forgiveness?

Jim Braswell beautifully makes Troys mentally disabled brother Gabriel of this world and yet beyond the world.

Robert F. Wolins scenic design cleverly lets the audience peek inside the Maxson home, even when the action is taking place on the front stoop. Its an idea Simotes and his actors do great things with. Although its clearly on view, the familys wooden fence somehow doesnt carry the heft it might. But Mad Cows production makes it clear that Fences is about far more than lumber.

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Owner Richard Klein and trainer Brad Cox are swinging for the fences with Pinch Hit in the $100,000 Groupie Doll Stakes on Aug. 13 at Ellis Park.

The 3-year-old filly comes in off two impressive allowance victories, by a gritty nose at Churchill Downs and then by six lengths at Ellis Park at the Grade 3 Groupie Dolls mile distance.

Pinch Hit is one of several fillies who arent stakes-winners but come into the Groupie Doll in great form. Pinch Hit has run very well since blinkers were added four races back, when after two double-digit drubbings in maiden races, she was dropped in for a $40,000 maiden-claiming race and promptly won. That was followed by a narrow defeat in a $50,000 claiming race, which was followed by her two victories.

Shell get some weight and shes training well, Klein said. She likes that track. Were taking a shot. What if she wakes up and wins it? Maybe our horse is just getting confidence and who knows how good she could be?

There could be more than blinkers at play with Pinch Hit.

Cox really liked the filly even before she ran, predicting to Klein that Pinch Hit would be their horse for Churchill Downs Grade 2 Eight Belles Stakes on Derby weekend and saying, She shows me everything.

But after she was second last fall in her first start, Pinch Hit whiffed in losing by 13 and10 lengths in New Orleans. We all got kind of down on her, and Brad said, She trains too good in the morning to do this, Klein said.

Still, he thought it might be time to sell Pinch Hits dam, the multiple stakes-winner Change Up.

We were thinking Change Up was going to be one of our better broodmares, and she really hadnt developed into a good one for us. I asked Fred Mitchell, Is it time I get rid of her? he said of the owner of Clarkland Farm, where Klein has his familys broodmares. He said, We should probably a look at that. Shes well-bred and shes getting older. Just go ahead and move her out. That was our plan.

Change Up still could be sold. But not Pinch Hit.

The day after her first win March 23 at Arkansas Oaklawn Park, Kleins father died. Bert Klein was a prominent Louisville banker, businessman and philanthropist who had enjoyed great success in owning and breeding horses with his late wife, Elaine, and Richard.

It was the last race my father was alive for when we ran a horse, Klein said. He was at the Episcopal Home in Louisville. After the horse won, I went over there and said, Dad, we just had a horse win. He said, Who? I told him. He said, Where? I said Oaklawn. He said, What was the purse? and I told him. He knew within $5,000 what we had earned on the year without paying attention to it that much. He said, Richard, keep up the good work, and dont get out of the horse business.

Klein called Oaklawn asking that the track immediately overnight Pinch Hits winners circle photo.

My father dies the next day, Klein said. In his casket, in his left arm like with my mother is our lime green silks, so they can still be part of the racing with me. Underneath his right arm is the picture of this horse winning. It was his last horse that won, and I wanted him to be a part of it.

Pinch Hit ran back April 23, losing by a neck. It was Richard Kleins birthday. When the filly won by a nose May 27 at 19-1 after a race-long battle, it was the birthday of his mother, who died in 2013 after a long battle with breast cancer.

Im not a spiritual person, but Im starting to believe this stuff, Richard said. They were up there watching this horse run, and they willed her home. Now, I had somebody call me after the Ellis race, wanting to buy the horse. I dont know what they were going to offer me. I told them the story and said, Could you sell this horse? They said, Nope. I said, Shes going to be a part of my broodmare band if she doesnt win another race, because my father is watching over this one horse.

Pinch Hit beat older fillies in her last start and will face them again in the Groupie Doll.

She kind of figured out what its all about to win a race, Cox said by phone from Saratoga. Shes a filly we liked all along last fall and thought she had a big future. She just didnt pan out early on, but shes coming into her own. I thought it was a really nice field against older horses at Ellis, and she did it the right way. So were giving her another shot. This is a big step, there arent a lot of options out there for her right now, so were giving her the opportunity and see if she can make the most of it.

Cox also will run one of the Groupie Doll favorites in the Tiger Moth, who is graded-stakes placed and in her last start won Indiana Grands Marie Hulman George Stakes. She couldnt be doing any better, he said. Shes trained really well ever since the Indiana race, so were really excited about her.

Meet-leading rider Corey Lanerie will be aboard Tiger Moth, with Pinch Hits rider to be determined Jon Court, up for her last two victories, is riding She Mabee Wild in the Groupie Doll.

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Pacific Daily News, news@guampdn.com Published 3:51 p.m. ChT Aug. 7, 2017 | Updated 8:08 p.m. ChT Aug. 7, 2017

Contraband found between prison fences early Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, is shown in this photo provided by the Department of Corrections.(Photo: Courtesy of Department of Corrections)

Department of Corrections officers found a contraband package at about 3 a.m. Monday, between the prisons exterior and interior fences, according to a press release.

The package had a cellphone, a sandwich bag containing SIM cards and chewing tobacco, the release stated.

DOC has launched an internal affairs investigation into Mondays discovery. It was the latest contraband find since July 14, when officers discovered a dark gray drone that had crashed near the prison's Post 5.

Green is typically the color of corrections ... so it just made sense to use it in the name of this operation

The prison launched a contraband interdiction plan named Operation Green Vigilance on July 20. It is a combined effort of surveillance, use of metal detectors, drug detection dogs, pat downs, vehicle searches, increased perimeter checks and camera surveillance to combat smuggling, said Kate Baltazar, deputy director.

These methods are being applied consistently and with increasing effort, Baltazar said.

Green is typically the color of corrections, similar to blue being the color of police, so it just made sense to use it in the name of this operation, Baltazar said.

Following the discovery of the unmanned aircraft on prison property, Sen. Wil Castro, R-Barrigada, last month introduced legislation to ban flying drones within 1,000 feet over government facilities like DOC, the governor's complexand Guam Memorial Hospital.

The week before the drone was discovered, officers found a cellphone in Post 6or the prisons maximum security unit.

The prison is also investigating damage to the prisons inner fence, discovered during a perimeter check at about 7 p.m. onAug. 4.

Contraband found between prison fences early Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, is shown in this photo provided by the Department of Corrections.(Photo: Courtesy of Department of Corrections)

No other damage to the fence was found, and all inmates and detainees were accounted for, DOC said in a statement. There were no threats to the prison stemming from the damage, according to DOC.

As Operation Green Vigilance is in effect, we commend our correction officers for all they do to ensure our facility remains free from contraband as much as possible, Baltazar said in a release. The Department of Corrections is committed to employing all efforts in contraband interdiction.

Contraband findings at DOC this year

ITEM(S) FOUND

LOCATION

DATE ITEM(S) FOUND

1

Post 6, East Wing, Cell #1

1/10/2017

2

Post 6, East Wing, Cell #3

1/10/2017

Post 5

1/12/2017

3

Post 6, East Wing, Cell #3

1/19/2017

4

No location indicated on log book

1/19/2017

5

No location indicated on log book

1/19/2017

6

Contraband found on former corrections officer R.A. Pereira

2/1/2017

7

Post 6

2/16/2017

8

Post 5

2/23/2017

9

Post 6

3/2/2017

10

Post 5 common area

3/22/2017

11

Post 6, East Wing, Cell #1

3/29/2017

12

Parking lot, in food vendor van

3/29/2017

13

Post 5

5/2/2017

14

Post 6, South Wing

5/4/2017

15

Post 6

5/9/2017

16

Post 6 South Wing

5/16/2017

17

U.S. Renal Care Harmon while officer was on medical run

5/24/2017

18

Post 6, East Wing, Cell #1

6/2/2017

19

Post 5, East Wing Cell #3

6/13/2017

20

Zone 11, Post 17/Galley area

6/14/2017

21

Post 11, buffer zone

6/26/2017

22

Post 5, North Wing, shower room last stall

6/30/2017

23

Post 6, East Wing Cell #4

7/5/2017

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Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski met to mend fences over beers to settletheir feud over the senators vote onthe Republican health care bill.

Zinke tweeted a photo of himself and the Alaska Republican holding what appears to be a local pale ale.

I say dinner, she says brews. My friends know me well, he captioned the photo.

The meeting came after reports that Zinke called Murkowski and fellow Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan and said Murkowskis opposition to Republican efforts to repeal the 2010 health care law could harm Alaska.

Shortly after the call, Murwkoski, who is chairwoman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, postponed a committee committee meeting that was to include voteson Interior Department nominations, although she attributed thatto a scheduling hiccup.

Murkowski voted against the motion to proceed to allow debates on legislation and voted against all three pieces of health care legislation alongside fellow Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine.

But Zinke calledthe idea that he threatened either Republican senator laughable and said the moon has been characterized as other things, too.

Similarly, Murkowski dismissed the characterization of Zinkes call as a threat and told reporters last week cordial, respectful and friendly relationship. I dont think that will change one bit.

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