Family mourns Anchorage woman who died after being pulled from house fire

Plus: Trump endorses Nick Begich in Alaska’s U.S. House race ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Matson]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, Sept. 18. In today's newsletter: - Family members say a 28-year-old woman [died from injuries she suffered in an East Anchorage house fire]( after alerting other residents but then apparently becoming trapped in a bathroom. - Former President Donald Trump [endorsed Nick Begich]( in Alaska’s congressional race, three months after he put out a statement accusing Begich of costing Republicans the seat in 2022. - Anchorage Assembly Vice Chair Meg Zaletel, who has represented Midtown since 2019, [will not seek reelection]( next year. It’s a good thing seals aren’t on a humpback whale’s regular menu. Whale watchers recently captured the moment a seemingly bewildered seal got accidentally scooped up into the mouth of a humpback in the waters off Washington state. Learn how the food mix-up happened[here.]( Anchorage weather It's mostly cloudy today with a high near 50 degrees and a chance of scattered showers. Starting on Thursday, the forecast calls for several days of partly sunny skies. Daytime temperatures will continue to hover in the mid-50s. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [‘She’s our angel’: Family mourns Anchorage woman who died after being pulled from burning house →]( Haley Elizabeth Michelle Cartwright died Sunday at a Seattle hospital with family by her side, her relatives said this week. Injuries related to the fire, which occurred Friday, also sent three others to the hospital including a firefighter. ADVERTISEMENT [Trump endorses Begich in Alaska’s U.S. House race →]( Trump originally endorsed Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom in the race for Alaska’s U.S. House seat. Both Nick Begich and Dahlstrom sought to challenge Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. • See also:[Anchorage and Mat-Su school buildings will be closed to students on Election Day]( [Meg Zaletel, Anchorage Assembly vice chair, will not seek reelection →]( Zaletel is finishing her second three-year term on the Assembly. She is also the executive director of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness, a local nonprofit. [Jodie Foster recognized Alaska’s Iñupiaq people in her Emmy acceptance speech. The shoutout didn’t go unnoticed. →]( After winning an Emmy for her lead role in "True Detective: Night Country,” Foster thanked the Iñupiaq people of northern Alaska for telling their stories and allowing the show creators to listen. [U.S. sends soldiers to Alaska island amid increase in Russian military activity →]( The U.S. military has moved about 130 soldiers along with mobile rocket launchers to an island in the Aleutians amid a recent increase in Russian military planes and vessels approaching American territory. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Alaska Airlines completes acquisition of Hawaiian Air, which will remain a separate brand →]( [Second deadly wave of exploding devices hits Lebanon as Israel declares ‘new phase’ in war →]( [Teamsters will not endorse either candidate for president for first time in nearly 30 years →]( [UAA volleyball ready to ‘do some damage’ in second year under head coach Stacie Meisner →]( [This country is now the world’s first to have more EVs than gas-powered cars →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States