Anchorage IT director accused of election interference resigns

And: As effort to restore Eklutna River inches toward decision, disagreements remain over how far plan should go ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Sylvan Learning]( Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, Sept. 20. In today's newsletter: - [Anchorage's IT director has resigned]( amid accusations that he and an ally of Mayor Dave Bronson tried to interfere with the results of the city's April election. - Questions about [how to restore water to the long-dammed Eklutna River]( are driving a debate between electric utilities and an Alaska Native village. - Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor joined 17 other Republican attorneys general [supporting Montana’s ban on social media platform TikTok]( in a brief filed this week in federal court. Autumn colors are becoming vibrant around Southcentral Alaska as the fall equinox approaches. This Friday is when the nights and days will be equal all over the globe. It also marks the time when nights grow quickly for Alaskans on their way through autumn into winter. Check out [these signs of autumn]( captured recently by Daily News photographers. Anchorage weather It's overcast and rainy today with a high near 49 degrees and a north wind of 5-10 mph. Showers will continue overnight and into Thursday, though the forecast calls for partly sunny skies on Friday. Daytime temperatures will range from the low to mid-50s over the next few days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Anchorage IT director resigns amid accusations he broke election laws →]( Marc Dahl has been at the center of allegations that he and an ally of Mayor Dave Bronson attempted to undermine municipal election results in April. ADVERTISEMENT [As effort to restore Eklutna River inches toward decision, disagreements remain over how far plan should go →]( Electric utilities in the urban heart of Alaska are proposing to restore water to the Eklutna River. That could bring salmon back to the waterway for the first time in nearly a century. But questions over how to do it are driving a debate between the utilities and the Native Village of Eklutna. [Alaska joins other GOP-controlled states in court brief supporting Montana’s TikTok ban →]( In May, Montana became the first state in the nation to [pass a law]( banning the use of the video sharing app. Attorney General Treg Taylor did not say whether he would support a similar ban in Alaska. [Palmer demolishes part of collapsed library ahead of local vote on construction funds →]( Demolition work was expected to wrap up this week at Palmer’s public library, seven months after a winter roof collapse shuttered the nearly 40-year-old building and with no firm plans for a permanent replacement. [Former Anchorage real estate director settles wrongful-termination lawsuit against city →]( Christina Hendrickson, who briefly served as director of real estate for the Municipality of Anchorage in 2021, has settled a lawsuit claiming she was unlawfully fired by Mayor Bronson a few months after he took office. [Severed cable off Arctic Alaska repaired, restoring internet and cellular service →]( Quintillion’s subsea fiber optic cable cut — which for months has challenged communications across northern Alaska — has been repaired, the broadband provider said. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Americans can again order free COVID tests as Biden administration revives program →]( [Man flees with cash in armed robbery at South Anchorage bank →]( [Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson appoints chief fiscal officer →]( [Wasilla man dies in motorcycle crash →]( [Clorox products are scarce — and will be for months. Blame cyber criminals →]( [No injuries after flightseeing plane crashes into Homer marsh →]( [Federal Reserve keeps interest rates unchanged but signals likelihood of another hike this year to fight inflation →]( The ADN relies on readers like you. [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 Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States