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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		A Tale of Two Ambulances
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:38
	Publish Date:		2018-06-13 06:46:50
	Description:		This is the story of two ambulances and a resident in Boulder Junction who felt compelled to help out a small Alaskan town a few weeks ago. WXPR’s Mackenzie Martin takes it from there. Living in the Northwoods, we often feel like we live in small towns. Enter the town of McCarthy, Alaska. The population of which was just 28 at the 2010 census, actually down from 42 in 2000. In the summertime months, the population increases to 200 - 300 people with seasonal workers, and there are even more people when you count tourists. Still, it’s a very small town. You may wonder what McCarthy, Alaska has to do with northern Wisconsin. Our most recent connection with the town is a guy named Jon Dobbs. Dobbs first visited McCarthy in 2014. “I was actually on a motorcycle trip at the time,” says Dobbs. “I spent a few days there and I just loved it. I always wanted to go back.” When Dobbs isn’t traveling around Alaska, he lives in Boulder Junction with his girlfriend, Jaci Pruitt. In September of 2017,
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