On Tuesday, members of the community got to hear from four of the eight candidates vying for the open position of University of Alaska Anchorage chancellor.
A vigorous low pressure system will press into the southcentral region overnight. A chance of snow is out there, but for Anchorage, expect little to no snow accumulations, and up to 1 inch in the valleys. Spring snow never last long when temperatures are in the 40s, so it is likely to melt on impact.
Alaska Veterans Affairs Healthcare System will hold a 90-minute virtual listening session for stakeholders to hear from Alaska veterans and communities the VA serves.
The campaign for mayoral candidate Forrest Dunbar has filed an Alaska Public Offices Commission complaint against opponent Dave Bronson, alleging campaign finance violations.
The Anchorage Police Department is estimating it will cost thousands of dollars to release public information and records that correspond to an arrest its communications team wrote about in a Facebook post in February.
The new death brings the total death count in the state to 310 residents and four nonresidents. The individual who died was an Eagle River man who was at least 80 years old.
The Anchorage School District has allowed seniors to honor their cultural heritage at graduation since 2019. The deadline to notify the district is April 15.
Legislation before the Alaska Senate Finance Committee would renew and extend a stripped back state COVID-19 disaster declaration until the end of the year, but the bill has not been endorsed by the Senate majority caucus.
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Dan Sullivan, and Congressman Don Young, all signed a letter addressed to the Office of Management and Budget in Washington, D.C.
The 6th-grade earth science classes at Nikiski Middle-High School just kicked off a month of learning about weather and climate. They can already identify different types of clouds, but in this week’s Weather Lab, Meteorologist Melissa Frey showed them what it takes to forecast how the clouds will change, and where they’re headed.
The classroom looks a little different this year at Chinook Elementary, but the new social distancing requirements aren’t keeping these sixth-graders from learning, or taking field trips, even if done virtually. Meteorologist Melissa Frey got to stop by the zoom screens of the 6th-grade classes for a tour of Alaska’s News Source studios, and for a quick lesson on meteorology.
