Eklutna tribe clears land for anticipated casino on outskirts of Anchorage

And: Alaska inmates’ private medical information was displayed on a public website ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Matson]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, October 2. In today's newsletter: - A tribe near Anchorage has begun clearing land for the possibility that it will soon win federal approval to build a 50,000-square-foot facility with [a tribal gaming operation](. - The private, legally protected medical information of dozens of Alaska inmates was[displayed on a publicly accessible website]( by a state Department of Corrections contractor, the ACLU of Alaska said. - Let the chunk-off begin. [Voting starts today]( in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Katmai National Park and Preserve — your chance to pick your favorite among a dozen brown bears fattening up for winter. ZIP codes — just one tiny aspect of modern life — were unveiled in 1962, but it was more than 20 years before the U.S. Postal Service announced nearly 100% compliance with the system. In the early 1960s, Alaskans were a party to the national mockery of ZIP codes. Historian David Reamer explores the reasons behind that resistance in[his latest column.]( Anchorage weather It's mostly sunny again today with a high near 50 degrees. Thursday will be at least partly sunny, but there's a chance of rain in the forecast for Friday and into the weekend. Daytime temperatures will continue to hover in the low 50s for the next few days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Eklutna tribe clears land on outskirts of Anchorage for anticipated casino →]( The Native Village of Eklutna has long pursued the idea of building the gaming hall on 8 acres of land owned for generations by a family within the tribe. The casino would be the first of its kind outside Southeast Alaska. ADVERTISEMENT [Alaska inmates’ private medical information was displayed on jail contractor’s public website →]( [The website showed the full names of 74 inmates along with prescription medications, dosages, and physical and mental health diagnoses, as well as whether and when a person was in substance use treatment, according to the ACLU.]( [State confirms 2023 fatal drug overdoses in Alaska shot up to all-time high →]( [The increase was driven largely by fentanyl and methamphetamine, and bucks a national decline in rates of deadly overdoses.]( [Online voting in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week contest starts late after bear dies in fight →]( [Organizers introduced this year’s contestants a day late because one anticipated participant, a female known as 402, was killed by a male bear.]( [Anchorage police identify man shot and killed by officer in Mountain View neighborhood →]( James Afuvai, 24, [was the eighth person to be shot by Anchorage police this year. Five of those shootings have been fatal.]( ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [State will not criminally charge officers who shot and wounded man near Anchorage gas station →]( [Man killed in collision with empty ore-hauling semi near Fairbanks →]( [Chinese and Russian ships spotted sailing through the Bering Sea together, Coast Guard says →]( [Takeaways from Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate →]( [Election in North Carolina, a key swing state, faces ‘daunting’ level of uncertainty after hurricane damage →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States