Bemoaning a cold and wet Anchorage summer? You're not alone.

Plus: Anchorage School Board hears calls for schools to notify parents when students seek pronoun change ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: Support independent reporting on what Alaskans care about most. [Subscribe today.]( Good afternoon. It’s Friday, September 22. In today's newsletter: - If you’ve been bemoaning what has felt like a cold and wet summer, you are not alone. [Anchorage could break the record]( for the number of days in a year with measurable precipitation. - Anchorage officials are [pushing ahead with plans for emergency winter homeless shelter]( which include rooming people in at least two hotels and opening a congregate shelter in a former Solid Waste Services administrative building in Midtown. - Dozens of people showed up to an Anchorage School Board meeting this week [to push for a policy]( requiring district staff to notify parents if students ask to be referred to by a new name, pronoun or gender identity. It’s been a rainy week, but the weekend — and the sun — is finally here. There are [plenty of things to do in and around Anchorage]( from the annual beluga count in Cook Inlet to Oktoberfest. Indulge in some live music with the Women of Rock show, or check out a special event that celebrates all things Taylor Swift. Anchorage weather It's mostly sunny today with a high near 52 degrees. Partly to mostly sunny skies will last through the weekend and into next week, with daytime temperatures hovering in the mid-50s. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Anchorage is on track to set a record for the most rainy and snowy days in a year. But this summer wasn’t as cold as you may think. →]( As of Thursday, Anchorage had seen 110 days with measurable precipitation so far this year. Even if this wasn’t a particularly cold summer in the entire history of the city, it stands out amid a run of warm, sunny summers in the last decade. ADVERTISEMENT [Anchorage officials push forward with winter shelter plans, including potential use of old Solid Waste Services administration building →]( [City officials also laid out plans to begin clearing the large homeless encampment at Third and IngraÂ]( month. [Anchorage School Board hears calls to require schools to notify parents when students request a pronoun change →]( The effort was organized by the Alaska Family Council, a Christianity-based organization that advocates for conservative causes. The school district says its current guidelines for working with LGBTQ students are in line with federal regulations. [With House Republicans in chaos, Alaska senators brace for a potential government shutdown →]( Alaska’s Republican senators say they are holding out hope that Congress can come up with a funding plan by the Sept. 30 deadline, but Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s “worried.” • Related: [U.S. braces for calamitous, costly government shutdown in 8 days]( [Assembly delays proposal to overhaul Anchorage zoning for months, allowing time for Planning and Zoning review →]( Anchorage Assembly members involved in a controversial effort to overhaul the city’s zoning rules plan to delay their proposal for several months to allow time for review by the Planning and Zoning Commission. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Storm drain fails at busy East Anchorage intersection →]( [White House aims to scrub medical debt from Americans’ credit scores →]( [Staying humble, Grace Christian’s Robbie Annett is leading the pack in cross-country running →]( [U.S. close to providing Ukraine with long-range cluster missiles →]( [‘Teaming With Microbes’ podcast: How to prep your lawn for winter →]( [Half a million children, others being reinstated after removal from Medicaid →]( 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