City tows vehicles away from sprawling Anchorage homeless camp

Plus: Alaska attorney general and wife buy Anchorage’s Inlet Tower hotel ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 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, October 6. In today's newsletter: - In a tense scene Thursday near downtown Anchorage, [the city towed away many of the vehicles]( that have been crowding a lot at a large homeless camp. - Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor and his wife, Jodi, recently [purchased the former Inlet Tower Hotel]( and Suites in Anchorage, and have laid plans for a $6 million renovation. - New [concerns have emerged about the company]( that until recently operated Anchorage’s sleep-off center and an associated van service, including that it failed to report injuries as required, officials say. With colder weather come cozier meals to warm you up. This [one-pot Cajun chicken]( recipe should do just that with plenty of vegetables and rice to hit the spot on a cool fall evening. Whether you enjoy it or not, pumpkin spice latte season is upon us as well. You can skip the drive-thru with this recipe for [homemade pumpkin spice]( syrup — it’s fast, and one batch will last you a week of spicy mornings. Anchorage weather It's mostly cloudy today with a high of 54 degrees and a chance of rain throughout the day. The rain will let up a little on Saturday, but precipitation will remain in the forecast through early next week. Daytime temperatures will start out in the low 50s but dip down into the mid-40s over the next several days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [A tense afternoon of vehicle towing and a microcosm of frustration over homelessness in Anchorage →]( Police said the city towed two buses, two box vans, a boat, a fire engine and two cars. Several campers were handcuffed and detained by officers. What unfolded at the [camp]( near downtown Anchorage was a microcosm of the exasperation felt over this moment in the city's homelessness crisis, with emergency winter shelter not yet open and hundreds of people still camping on public land. ADVERTISEMENT [Alaska attorney general and wife buy Anchorage’s Inlet Tower hotel →]( Under state [ethics requirements]( the attorney general is allowed to have ownership interests outside his state job, as long as he doesn’t take any official action to benefit those interests and follows other ethical requirements, former attorneys general say. [New concerns emerge after Anchorage’s terminated sleep-off center contractor departs →]( Securitas Inc. rehired an employee after he was fired for mistreating a patient at the Anchorage Safety Center, city health department officials say. [Alaska labor union files grievance with state over payroll problems →]( A union representing 8,000 state employees in Alaska is demanding the state address complaints from employees who have gone unpaid or with a partial paycheck for months. [5 things to do in Anchorage this weekend →]( Celebrate man's best friend at Dogtoberfest, check out First Friday art offerings or choose from several live music performances this weekend. [After 3 years, former Alaska lawmaker will face election-tampering trial in November →]( Former Rep. Gabrielle LeDoux, an Anchorage Republican, will go on trial next month after being accused of [misconduct during Alaska’s 2018 primary and general elections](. (via Alaska Beacon) ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Alaska fishermen will be allowed to harvest lucrative red king crab in the Bering Sea →]( [Failure of single component caused Puget Sound seaplane crash that killed 10, NTSB says →]( [Magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered north of downtown Anchorage →]( [Alaska seeks to create statewide reading standards for Native languages →]( [Trump endorses Jim Jordan for House speaker after Kevin McCarthy ouster →]( [With new faces up and down the roster, Anchorage Wolverines make season home debut →]( [The troubling relationship between your job and your odds of drug overdose →]( 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