Plus: Trial begins over public office eligibility of Wasilla lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( [Anchorage Daily News]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. Itâs Wednesday, December 14. In today's newsletter: - A third major storm is bearing down on Southcentral Alaska as the National Weather Service predicts a âsignificant snow eventâ will bring even more accumulation to Anchorage. - A Wasilla lawmaker is at the center of a trial that began this week to determine whether his membership in the far-right Oath Keepers group bars him from holding public office.
- Students braved towering berms, and more than two dozen school buses were stuck in the snow when the Anchorage School District reopened schools Tuesday. Whether it be a big earthquake or a major snowstorm, it seems hard times are when our friends and neighbors step up for us. We want to recognize the acts of neighborliness, big and small, that make this a great place to live. Has someone pulled your car out of a snowbank? Shoveled away the berm at the end of your driveway? [Send us a letter]( and tell us about it.
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Anchorage weather It'll be snowy today, mainly after 4 p.m. and overnight. There's a daytime high of 25 degrees. The snow will continue into Thursday, before we get a dose of sunny skies on Friday. Temperatures will drop to the single digits by the weekend. Hereâs what else is making headlines in Alaska today. â Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Freezing rain coats Anchorage roads ahead of next âsignificant snow eventâ ]( [Freezing rain coats Anchorage roads ahead of next âsignificant snow eventâ](
The National Weather Service warned of slick roads for the Anchorage Bowl and Matanuska Valley through early this afternoon due to intermittent freezing drizzle and light snow. The next storm is forecast to dump up to 10 more inches of snow on Anchorage overnight. [Read More]( [Trial begins over office eligibility of Wasilla lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties]( [Trial begins over office eligibility of Wasilla lawmaker with Oath Keepers ties](
The lawsuit filed earlier this year challenging Republican Rep. David Eastman's eligibility to hold office will be the first to test a clause in the Alaska state constitution that forbids someone from holding public office if they aid or belong to a group that advocates the overthrow of the U.S. government. [Read More]( [Students returning to school in Anchorage faced with stuck buses and snow berm-covered sidewalks ]( [Students returning to school in Anchorage faced with stuck buses and snow berm-covered sidewalks](
One parent said a bus was stuck near her house for more than hour while people tried to dig it out. Another parent said that on her drive to school, she saw students walking in the street to avoid clambering through snow berms. [Read More]( ADVERTISEMENT
[Warmer, wetter, stormier climate brings typhoons, fires and more rain to the Arctic, report shows ]( [Warmer, wetter, stormier climate brings typhoons, fires and more rain to the Arctic, report shows](
According to the Arctic Report Card 2022, climate-driven events like Typhoon Merbok, which flooded Western and northern Alaska communities in September, show how the north is growing warmer and wetter. [Read More]( [Ahead of first-draft state budget, oil prices are driving a tighter Alaska fiscal picture]( [Ahead of first-draft state budget, oil prices are driving a tighter Alaska fiscal picture](
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