KNAU update for Dec. 28 — Eats and Beats: NAU’s Unofficial ‘Campus Mom’ Delivers Home-Based Hugs

Support Your Public Radio! Popular KNAU Links Like us on Facebook On-Air Schedule Follow us on Twitter Local Events Calendar Current News Stories Support KNAU! KNAU Insider prEview – December 28th, 2018 Eats and Beats: NAU’s Unofficial ‘Campus Mom’ Delivers Home-Baked Hugs Northern Arizona University has a new, unofficial, “campus mom.” Deborah Mcglothlin makes and hand-delivers home-baked goods to hungry students, who are away from home for the first time. It’s her new business, Pinecone Pastries — a new kind of bakery that specializes in college student care packages. Learn more at KNAU.org. Earth Notes: Nighthawk Overlap Zone If you see a bat-like bird with long, narrow wings zigzagging across the sky in early morning or evening twilight, it’s likely the common nighthawk. But in a small corner of northern Arizona, another nighthawk species is also found. Learn more at KNAU.org. EPA Pulls Permit For Four Corners Plant To Study Concerns The U.S. Environment Protection Agency has withdrawn a permit it gave to the Arizona Public Service Company for discharge from the Four Corners Power Plant. Learn more at KNAU.org. 50 Years Later, ‘Earthrise’ Photo Still Resonates Credit: NASA Fifty years ago today, astronauts orbiting the Moon captured a photograph that some people say changed the world. It was the first color photograph of Earth from space. Learn more at KNAU.org. Aerial Surveys Show Dead Trees In Arizona, New Mexico Aerial surveys of forested land in Arizona and New Mexico show large swaths of dead trees following an unusually dry winter that aided pests such as bark beetles. Learn more at KNAU.org.