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Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, Jan. 22.
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In today's newsletter:
The Alaska House and Senate will be led by ideologically aligned caucuses for the first time since 2016, after lawmakers elected their leaders for the legislative session that began Tuesday.
President Donald Trump says he’s changing the official name of North America’s tallest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley. It’s the latest chapter in a long struggle over what the mountain should be called.
A new gambling venture started in Anchorage this week, in spite of an ongoing lawsuit opposing it, when the Native Village of Eklutna opened a limited gambling operation at the site of a future casino.
It was a bitterly frigid morning in northern New York when a passerby saw an alarming sight: A roughly 1,000-pound moose plunged into a semi-frozen lake. Faced with an unusual assignment, a crew of New York State Forest Rangers and environmental conservation officers knew they had to get creative to rescue the animal.
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Anchorage weather
It's mostly cloudy today with a chance of scattered rain and snow showers and a high near 35 degrees. We'll see much of the same for the rest of the week as the forecast calls for a mix of snow and rain, with daytime temperatures hovering in the high 30s and low 40s.
Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today.
— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com
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Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States
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