As temperatures plunge, demand grows in Anchorage ’s overburdened mass shelter

Also: After an agency downgraded Anchorage's credit rating, Mayor Bronson is demanding the Assembly rein in spending while the Assembly is demanding answers from Bronson. Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Pipers Restaurant and Sports Lounge]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Thursday, Nov. 25. 🦃 In today's newsletter: - Demand grows in Anchorage's overburdened mass shelter at Sullivan Arena as temperatures plunge outside. - After an agency lowered Anchorage's credit rating, Mayor Bronson demanded the Assembly rein in spending and the Assembly demanded answers from Bronson. - Anchorage retailers scramble to prepare for Black Friday as supply and labor challenges continue. If you want some inspiration on what to do with Thanksgiving leftovers, food writer Kim Sunee has a few suggestions [in her column this week](. How about Thanksgiving nachos with a cranberry salsa? Or a pressed mac-and-cheese waffle? Just let your taste buds be your guide. 🌨️ Anchorage weather It's a snowy Thanksgiving Day, with cloudy skies and a high near 12. Tonight's low will be around 6 degrees, and the forecast is calling for the snow to taper off by Friday morning before we see lower temperatures and partly sunny skies over the weekend. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Vicky Ho, vho@adn.com [As temperatures plunge, demand grows in Anchorage’s overburdened mass shelter]( [As temperatures plunge, demand grows in Anchorage’s overburdened mass shelter]( A long cold spell in Anchorage is pushing the city’s emergency shelter for unhoused people to the edge, with the number of Sullivan Arena shelter guests exceeding official capacity by more than 100 people this week. Inside the shelter Wednesday, cots were spread across the main space while some guests slept on thin blue mats laid on concrete floors, with people's belongings and trash cluttering narrow corridors. [Read More]( [After agency lowers Anchorage’s credit rating, Mayor Bronson demands Assembly rein in spending and Assembly demands answers from Bronson]( [After agency lowers Anchorage’s credit rating, Mayor Bronson demands Assembly rein in spending and Assembly demands answers from Bronson]( The Bronson administration pointed to the credit downgrade as evidence of overspending. Assembly members questioned whether the administration accurately depicted the city’s financial situation during its presentation to credit rating agencies. [Read More]( [Conservative Alaska lawmakers hear from constituents about ivermectin, vaccine mandates, Fauci conspiracies]( [Conservative Alaska lawmakers hear from constituents about ivermectin, vaccine mandates, Fauci conspiracies]( Dozens of Alaskans shared frustration and anger over pandemic restrictions, vaccines and what they see as the medical community’s suppression of alternative treatments at a legislative listening session hosted by Republican state lawmakers this week in Anchorage. (via Alaska Public Media) [Read More]( [This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.]( [This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.]( Long marginalized and misrepresented in the American story, the Wampanoags have been bracing this month for the 400th anniversary of the first Thanksgiving between the Pilgrims and Indians. The actual history of what happened in 1621 bears little resemblance to what most Americans are taught in grade school, historians say. For the Wampanoags and many other American Indians, the fourth Thursday in November is [considered a day of mourning](, not a day of celebration. [Read More]( [Anchorage retailers scramble to prepare for Black Friday, with continuing supply and labor challenges ]( [Anchorage retailers scramble to prepare for Black Friday, with continuing supply and labor challenges]( Anchorage retailers say their shelves are generally full as the holiday shopping season nears. But global supply chain snarls have led to spot shortage and higher prices in some cases — and those are just some of the complications. [Read More]( More from the ADN [Anchorage holiday shopping season kicks off downtown this weekend with Small Business Saturday and a tree lighting ]( [Anchorage holiday shopping season kicks off downtown this weekend with Small Business Saturday and a tree lighting]( [Read More]( [Black Friday 2021: Here’s how to snag the best deals]( [Black Friday 2021: Here’s how to snag the best deals]( [Read More]( [Little projects add up to no oil production decline at Prudhoe]( [Little projects add up to no oil production decline at Prudhoe]( [Read More]( [France is changing how women can report abuse to police in an effort to lift obstacles]( [France is changing how women can report abuse to police in an effort to lift obstacles]( [Read More]( [‘Hitting mung’: In stressed-out South Korea, people are paying to stare at clouds and trees]( [‘Hitting mung’: In stressed-out South Korea, people are paying to stare at clouds and trees]( [Read More]( The ADN relies on readers like you. 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