The Latest: Mortar round found at Alaska museum was active

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Latest on a mortar shell found at a southeast Alaska museum (all times local):8:45 a.m.

Explosive specialists have destroyed a World War II-era mortar round found at a Haines museum after determining the munition was live.

The Anchorage Daily News reports military specialists destroyed the device Thursday by detonating it.

The Sheldon Museum and Cultural Center closed this week while explosives specialists examined the mortar round.

Director Helen Alten said a staff member found the Japanese mortar round as he looked for artifacts to purge that were no longer relevant to the museum.