Alaska's rate of women killed by men remains highest in the U.S., report finds

Dunleavy requests federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska as reports of storm damage accumulate Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Anchorage School District]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, September 21. In today's newsletter: - A new report that once again shows Alaska has the country's highest rate of women killed by men called it a "prolonged" and "deadly" epidemic. - Gov. Mike Dunleavy has requested a federal disaster declaration while the state catalogues severe damage to towns and villages in the wake of the weekend storm that swept through Western Alaska. - A downtown Anchorage hotel is being transformed into low-income workforce and supportive housing for more than 100 people experiencing homelessness in the city. For years, scientists have clamored for quiet, climate-friendly airplanes that rely on batteries instead of jet fuel. Now, they’re closer to putting them into the skies as a handful of airlines have started putting [orders in for a battery-operated aircraft](. Electric planes could solve major headaches for airlines, but major challenges also remain. ☁️ Anchorage weather It's overcast today and there's a 50% chance of rain and a high of 52 degrees. There's a chance of rain on Thursday, too, and then rain is likely on Friday and into the weekend. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Alaska again has the nation’s highest rate of women killed by men]( [Alaska again has the nation’s highest rate of women killed by men]( Every year for the last decade, Alaska has been either the state with the highest or the second highest rate of women killed by men in the United States, according to a report by the Violence Policy Center. The rate of Alaska Native women killed by men in state is more than 3.5 times the rate for all women in Alaska, and 10 times the rate for white women, the report shows. [Read More]( [Dunleavy requests federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska as reports of storm damage accumulate ]( [Dunleavy requests federal disaster declaration for Western Alaska as reports of storm damage accumulate]( Gov. Mike Dunleavy has submitted a request for a federal disaster to be declared for Western Alaska to help with the recovery from the weekend storm that pummeled more than 1,000 miles of coastline. Officials have tallied damage to 40 towns and villages stretching from the Bering Strait region in the north to the mouth of the Kuskokwim River in the south. [Read More]( [Purchase finalized to make downtown Anchorage hotel into low-income and supportive housing for formerly homeless]( [Purchase finalized to make downtown Anchorage hotel into low-income and supportive housing for formerly homeless]( More than 130 people who have been experiencing homelessness in Anchorage now have permanent housing after a deal closed last week to permanently transform a former hotel downtown into a low-income workforce and supportive housing complex. It's the second piece of a larger plan to address homelessness in the city that's come to fruition over the last year. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT [Former acting attorney general indicted on sex abuse charges]( [Former acting attorney general indicted on sex abuse charges]( Alaska’s former Acting Attorney General Clyde “Ed” Sniffen was indicted this week on three felony charges of sexual abuse of a minor. He was initially charged in May, more than a year [after reports surfaced]( that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl he coached on an Anchorage high school mock trial team during 1991. [Read More]( [9-year-old seriously injured in attack by brown bear on Palmer Hay Flats]( [9-year-old seriously injured in attack by brown bear on Palmer Hay Flats]( A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured when a bear attacked him Tuesday night near Palmer, Alaska State Troopers said. The boy was on a hunt with a family member when the bear attacked, troopers said, and the man he was with shot and killed the bear. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Rep. Eastman’s ballot eligibility to be decided by Thursday, Anchorage judge says]( [Rep. 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