Child care staffing shortage leads to Anchorage parents being turned away

And: Check out these new Anchorage businesses in the latest edition of Open & Shut ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Northrim Bank]( Good afternoon. It’s Monday, June 17. In today's newsletter: - Child care centers in Anchorage [are so thinly staffed]( that a single absence can force centers to close classrooms or cap capacity with little notice in order to maintain strict safety ratios mandated by the state. - In the latest edition of [Open & Shut]( Anchorage adds an online ammo delivery business, a Mountain View taproom, two new coffee shops and an e-bike tour company. - Anchorage officials are pursuing a project to [create a drug and alcohol treatment center]( at a former hotel under an agreement that requires to the city to have it running by fall 2025 — or else lose millions of dollars. Follow along with science writer Ned Rozell as he and two friends tackle the AlaskAcross, a 50-mile journey on foot through a sub-Arctic summer night. Ned details the challenges and the natural beauty that await those who make the trek from Eagle Summit to the Chena Hot Springs Resort in [his latest column](. Anchorage weather It's mostly sunny today with a high near 68 degrees. We'll see partly sunny skies for much of this week, but a chance of rain will enter the forecast by Thursday night. Daytime temperatures will hover in the high 60s for the next several days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Parents with kids enrolled in Anchorage child care are being turned away because there’s not enough staff →]( Even parents who have endured long waitlists and high costs of just enrolling their children can’t predict if they’ll be able to actually use that care on any given day. ADVERTISEMENT [Open & Shut: Anchorage adds an online ammo delivery business, a taproom, 2 coffee shops and an e-bike tour company →]( Also, Sweet Caribou opens a location in the airport, a Burlington store moves to a new spot and new concept emerges: garage condos. And, Ghost Tours of Anchorage closes after nearly two decades. [Anchorage pushes forward on delayed drug and alcohol treatment center project at former Golden Lion Hotel →]( In 2020, the city sold its former electric utility to the Chugach Electric Association. The deal stipulated that Anchorage had to use $15 million of the proceeds to open a substance use disorder center within five years of the sale closing, or Chugach Electric gets the money. [Photos: Juneteenth Anchorage citywide celebration →]( Crowds gathered over the weekend on Anchorage’s Delaney Park Strip for the city’s Juneteenth citywide celebration. It marked the start of a week full of events celebrating Black excellence and culture. • [Here are more ways to celebrate this week.]( [Pacific salmon move north to Arctic Canada from Alaska when ocean conditions allow →]( As the climate warms, more Pacific salmon from Alaska are showing up in the Western Arctic waters of Canada, a new study has found. (via Alaska Beacon) ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Alaska’s Lydia Jacoby advances to today’s 100-meter breaststroke finals at US Olympic Swimming Trials →]( [Surgeon general asks Congress to require warning labels for social media, like those on cigarettes →]( [Voice assistants and AI chatbots still can’t say who won the 2020 election →]( [More than 70 million people in the U.S. are under heat alerts →]( [Travel can foster not only curiosity about other cultures, but also an appreciation →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States