Alaska's primary election ends today. Here's what to know.

And: Teen approached Anchorage police ‘with a knife in her hand’ before she was shot and killed by officer, chief says ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, August 20. In today's newsletter: - In [the primary election that ends tonight]( Alaskans will vote for the state’s sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. All 40 state House seats are also on the ballot, alongside half of the state Senate’s 20 seats. - The 16-year-old girl shot and killed by Anchorage police last week [was holding a knife]( at or near “her leg level” when the officer opened fire, the city's police chief said this week. - Two Alaska lawmakers are [asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate]( whether Hilcorp Alaska engaged in “illegal anticompetitive practices” that might have contributed to Southcentral Alaska’s looming gas supply shortage. Histories of Alaska: Myra Schmidt, about 22 years old, was killed in her isolated cabin in Juneau in February 1919. Later that year, a jury convicted John “Whiskey Jack” Gaslow of her murder. In [his latest column]( historian David Reamer unravels how a stolen suitcase and quarantined steamship led to justice for Schmidt. Anchorage weather It's sunny today with a high near 65 degrees. The forecast calls for rain on Wednesday, partly sunny skies on Thursday and a return of precipitation on Friday. Daytime temperatures will hover in the low to mid-60s this week. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Here's what to know about Alaska’s primary election that ends today →]( Voting in Alaska’s 2024 primary election will end tonight at 8 p.m. Voters will pick one candidate in each race on the ballot. The top four vote-getters in each race, regardless of political affiliation, will advance to the general election on Nov. 5, which will be decided by ranked choice voting. • Related:[Most of Alaska’s candidates are already thinking about November. Here’s why the primary election still matters.]( ADVERTISEMENT [Anchorage teen approached police ‘with a knife in her hand’ before she was shot and killed by officer, chief says →]( Chief Sean Case did not say if the teen girl threatened officers or where the knife was pointed when she was shot. Her death has prompted community alarm and drawn scrutiny to the police department. [Two Alaska lawmakers ask federal regulators to investigate Hilcorp over natural gas shortage →]( Republican Sen. Cathy Giessel and Democratic Sen. Bill Wielechowski wrote in a letter that Hilcorp has a “virtual monopoly” in the Cook Inlet basin and that the company has shown it can abuse that dominant position. [State finds use of force justified in fatal shooting of East Anchorage woman by SWAT officer →]( Sgt. Jonathan Butler will not face criminal charges in the death of 58-year-old Lisa Fordyce-Blair following an hourslong standoff at her home in June, according to a state review. [Alaska legislative ethics committee to consider reforms after identity of a complainant was exposed online →]( The state's legislative ethics committee will consider new laws after an individual who filed a complaint against a lawmaker said his identity was revealed online, leading to derogatory comments from one of the lawmaker’s supporters. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Gambell man shot by law enforcement officers after he fired at them, troopers say →]( [Coast Guard confirms plans to buy polar icebreaker and station it in Juneau →]( [Alaska Air clears big hurdle in proposed merger with Hawaiian Airlines →]( [Analysis: Trump struggles to adjust to Harris as his new rival, veering regularly into deeply personal attacks →]( [Book review: A road trip from New York to Alaska opens a reluctant traveler to beauty and healing →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States