Ketchikan residents take stock after landslide that killed 1, injured 3

And: This Anchorage program is moving scores of people from shelters and camps into housing ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Northrim Bank]( Good afternoon. It’s Monday, August 26. In today's newsletter: - The day after [a landslide tore down a slope above downtown Ketchikan]( killing one person and injuring three, officials warned shaken locals and thousands of cruise ship visitors to avoid the area. - A new Anchorage housing program [moved 150 people into apartments]( from the city’s winter homeless shelters between December and May, and more than two dozen from encampments into apartments over the last several weeks. - The city of Anchorage is [tearing down abandoned houses]( that have become neighborhood eyesores and can attract criminal activity. Officials say the program is starting small, but they’re looking to expand it. In a quiet phase and reacting to recent warming, the Black Rapids Glacier in the Alaska Range is now a shrinking 26-mile-long tongue of ice. But scientists studying the glacier believe it has surged four times since the year 1400, drastically changing the surrounding landscape, says science writer Ned Rozell. Learn more about this surging glacier [here.]( Anchorage weather It's mostly cloudy today with a high near 61 degrees. There's a chance of rain overnight, and the forecast calls for precipitation for the rest of this week. Daytime temperatures will range from the high 50s to low 60s over the next several days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [‘Just terrifying’: As Ketchikan residents take stock after fatal landslide, geologists assess stability →]( A team of geologists was expected to evaluate the potential for additional ground movement before crews start the recovery process, including debris removal and repairing scores of downed power poles. ADVERTISEMENT [An Anchorage program is moving scores of people from shelters and camps into housing →]( The housing initiative, called Next Step, is a system of housing services based on a successful model from Houston, Texas, which reduced overall homelessness there by more than 60% in the last decade. [In Anchorage, the program has moved 177 people into housing and provides them a year of rent assistance and case management support.]( [Anchorage launches program to tear down abandoned houses →]( The goal is cleaning up neighborhoods and making lots available for new housing to alleviate the city’s severe housing crunch, officials with the program say. [Anchorage man sentenced to 30 years in prison for role in Thunderbird Falls murder →]( Caleb Leyland, 24, was sentenced late last week to 30 years in prison for his role in a bizarre murder-for-hire plot in 2019. [Photos: Hmong New Year celebration in Anchorage →]( Hundreds of people gathered on Anchorage’s Delaney Park Strip over the weekend to celebrate the Hmong New Year. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Alaska appeals federal court ruling that was a step toward new ‘Indian country’ here →]( [Inside Boeing’s factory lapses that led to the Alaska Airlines fuselage blowout →]( [Apparent cyberattack leaves Seattle airport facing major internet and phone outages →]( [East High football erases double-digit deficit to defeat reigning state champ West →]( [‘Barely surviving’: Some flight attendants are facing homelessness and hunger →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States