Canceled land access presents new barrier for Ambler Road project

And: Totem pole raised at Alaska Native Heritage Center symbolizes healing from boarding school trauma ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 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 Tuesday, October 24. In today's newsletter: - An Alaska Native corporation is [canceling a land-access agreement with a state development agency]( a move that raises questions about how the 200-mile Ambler Road project in Northwest Alaska will be built. - A new measure in front of the Anchorage Assembly could[ask voters to approve a $12.5 million bond]( that would go toward buying, installing and maintaining about two dozen public bathrooms around the city. - A federal complaint against the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who authorities say tried to shut off the engines of a plane on Sunday [described approximately 90 seconds of chaos in the cockpit]( from the moment he blurted out he wasn’t OK. Football's popularity grew slowly in Alaska, finally gaining traction with the rush of settlers in the 1940s and early 1950s. Fifteen people born in Alaska have gone on to play in the NFL. One of them, Robert Rozier, went on to be a serial killer. In this week's column, David Reamer gives a [rundown of Alaska football history]( from the "Ice Bowl" to the self-described "death angel." Anchorage weather It's sunny today with a high near 36 degrees. We'll continue to see sunny and mostly sunny skies for the rest of this week, along with daytime temperatures hovering in the high 30s and low 40s. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [Doyon cancels land access for Alaska development agency, a barrier for the Ambler Road project →]( Doyon, the largest private landholder in Alaska, cited “poor treatment” as a factor in a sharply worded letter outlining its decision to cancel the agreement with the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority. ADVERTISEMENT [Totem pole raised at Alaska Native Heritage Center symbolizes healing from boarding school era →]( Carved from a Western red cedar from the village of Hydaburg, the art piece is Alaska's first totem pole dedicated to all Alaska Native people who attended boarding schools, as well as their descendants and those who died during their time there. [Proposed bond measure would bring more public restrooms to Anchorage →]( Alaska’s largest city has few restrooms available to tourists, pedestrians, trail users or anyone else. The proposal calls for setting up 20 to 30 new public bathroom facilities spread across the city to gauge how well they work meeting the public need. [Off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to turn off plane’s engines said he used psychedelic mushrooms, affidavit says →]( Joseph David Emerson, a 44-year-old off-duty pilot sitting in the jump seat of the cockpit, had pulled two fire suppression system handles in an attempt to cut the plane’s engines by shutting off their fuel supply, the affidavit said. [No arrest made in fatal shooting at Midtown Anchorage apartment complex, police say →]( Officers found a man dead inside a large Midtown apartment complex Monday afternoon but failed to locate the suspect during a SWAT response that lasted hours. ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Investigation underway into fatal Kenai Peninsula house fire →]( [To avoid timber sale, Southeast Alaska community seeks to begin carbon credit program →]( [Tom Emmer of Minnesota drops his quest to be House speaker after Trump weighs in →]( [Book review: Traditional connections are considered within a familiar motif in ‘Eagle Drums’ →]( [Jenna Ellis is latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election →]( [Workplace: Our general manager has memory problems. Customers have noticed too. →]( 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