One election down, three to go in effort to fill Alaska's U.S. House seat

North Anchorage Assembly candidates lay out positions on addressing homelessness Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, June 14. In today's newsletter: - We asked the questions so you don't have to. Here's what to expect as Alaska's special U.S. House primary and general elections play out. - With the election to seat a new North Anchorage Assembly member looming, the candidates debated how to address homelessness in Alaska's largest city at a recent forum. - Aided again by favorable winds, firefighters are making more progress against a massive tundra wildfire in Southwest Alaska. Prospectors who rushed to Alaska in search of gold in the late 19th and early 20th century often found something else: meningitis, typhoid fever and, among other diseases, scurvy. Before the actual cure was known, people had all sorts of at-home remedies to improve the symptoms of scurvy. In his [latest history column](, David Reamer explores what was worse — the disease or the medicine? 🌤️ Anchorage weather Today is mostly sunny with a high of 69 degrees. Sunny skies are forecast to stick around through Thursday, with clouds on Friday and a chance of rain showing up for the weekend. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [One election down, three to go: Here’s what’s next in Alaska’s U.S. House race]( [One election down, three to go: Here’s what’s next in Alaska’s U.S. House race]( Alaska’s special U.S. House primary election was Saturday, and officials have already tallied more than 100,000 votes. Three candidates — two Republicans and an independent — appear set to advance to the August runoff, but the fourth candidate is uncertain until more votes are counted. Here's a look at how the special primary might play out, and what to look for during the regular U.S. House election later this year. [Read More]( [North Anchorage Assembly candidates lay out positions on addressing homelessness ]( [North Anchorage Assembly candidates lay out positions on addressing homelessness]( While each candidate for the new North Anchorage Assembly seat that attended a Monday forum agreed that addressing homelessness should be prioritized, several criticized elements of the city’s current approach. [Read More]( [Firefighters make more headway against wildfire as winds push it away from Southwest Alaska villages]( [Firefighters make more headway against wildfire as winds push it away from Southwest Alaska villages]( Firefighters are making more progress against a historic wildfire that threatened several Southwest Alaska communities. Smoke from multiple fires burning in that region cloaked parts of the state in a haze over the weekend, but skies were [expected to clear]( around Anchorage by this afternoon. [Read More]( [Small plane makes emergency landing near downtown Anchorage after running low on fuel, officials say]( [Small plane lands on Anchorage street after running out of fuel, officials say]( A plane on an instructional flight made an emergency landing on a street near downtown Anchorage on Monday night when it ran out of fuel, authorities said. No one onboard was injured. [Read More]( [COVID or not, Alaska-bound cruise ships are back in Seattle]( [COVID or not, Alaska-bound cruise ships are back in Seattle]( Despite health and safety precautions, COVID-19 is still spreading on many cruise ships in U.S. waters. Still, that's not stopping passengers from boarding ships, many of them headed to Alaska. [Read More]( More from the ADN [Slam’n Salm’n Derby draws a crowd at Ship Creek]( [Slam’n Salm’n Derby draws a crowd at Ship Creek]( [Read More]( [Man charged in wife’s death after body is found by tour group north of Fairbanks]( [Man charged in wife’s death after body is found by tour group north of Fairbanks]( [Read More]( [Alaska Natural Resources commissioner resigns]( [Alaska Natural Resources commissioner resigns]( [Read More]( [Several sailors in Race to Alaska rescued from rough waters]( [Several sailors in Race to Alaska rescued from rough waters]( [Read More]( [Inside an explosive Oval Office confrontation three days before Jan. 6]( [Inside an explosive Oval Office confrontation three days before Jan. 6]( [Read More]( [A final push through the snow to pass through the Alaska Highway]( [A final push through the snow to pass through the Alaska Highway]( [Read More]( [Get digital access to the ADN for as low as $1.99 for the first month]( and help us cover the news that matters most here in Alaska. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News 300 W 31st Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99503