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Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, Sept. 10. |
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In today's newsletter:
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Construction needed to support a major housing development has begun in Girdwood as crews cut a road, walkway and utility lines through a rainforest overlooking Glacier Creek.
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A 20-year-old man is facing second-degree murder charges following a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood on Tuesday night, police say.
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The founder of a conservative political website influential in Alaska’s Republican circles resigned earlier this week, saying her departure was spurred by a dispute with the website’s owner over a story about the state’s former attorney general.
Rolling across the rugged, rusty red terrain on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover came upon some rocks with peculiar green, blue, black and white dots. After detailed image analysis, scientists have come to a potentially encouraging conclusion: they might be evidence of past life on Mars. Read about the recent findings here. |
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Anchorage weather
It's cloudy today with a high near 62 degrees and a chance of rain. We'll see continued precipitation through the rest of the week, with daytime highs dipping down into the mid-50s before rebounding into the 60s over the weekend.
Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today.
— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com
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Road and utility work paves way for major Girdwood housing development → |
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Holtan Hills, on wooded land northwest of Alyeska Resort, will be the biggest development in the resort town in decades, people familiar with the project say. Plans for the first phase of the project call for the preparation of 50 “shovel-ready” sites of various sizes for homes, duplexes, townhouses and other dwellings. |
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Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States |
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