🌱 Anchorage Cold-Case Update + Students Behind On Reading Skills

Anchorage AK

20 January, 2022

7:03 PM

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Happy Friday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in Anchorage. First, today's weather: Cloudy. High: 41 Low: 35. Here are the top three stories today in Anchorage: An Idaho man has been charged in the cold-case killing of an Anchorage taxi driver in 1985. DNA testing led police to 56-year-old Eric Lane Jones in connection with Jawed Ahmed's death. Jones initially denied any involvement but soon confessed to shooting and killing Ahmed. (Anchorage Daily News) According to the Anchorage School Board, many kindergartners, first-graders, and second-graders in Anchorage are struggling to catch up on their pre-pandemic reading skills. About half of these students were in the bottom half of the benchmark. Education officials believe that the children are having difficulties because of the virtual school year from 2020 to 2021. (Alaska Public Media News) The initiative to recall Jamie Allard from Anchorage Assembly failed to gather enough signatures. The effort to remove Allard came from the claim that the Assembly members failed to properly perform official duties when participating in a meeting attended by more than 15 people, a limit proscribed by COVID-19 emergency measures at the time. (Anchorage Daily News) From our sponsor: Tackling a big to-do list around the house to start the new year? Our partners at Thumbtack, the home services app, have made hiring trusted local pros for pretty much any job extremely easy and intuitive. In minutes, you can find a painter, plumber, roofer or someone to help with small jobs such as trash hauling or appliance repair. And Thumbtack's rating system can give you confidence that you're hiring a quality pro you can count on. Click here to get started. Today in Anchorage: Baby Time At Gerrish - Scott and Wesley Gerrish Branch Library (11:00 AM) Family Storytime At Muldoon - Muldoon Branch Library (11:00 AM) Toddler Storytime At Loussac - Anchorage Public Library (11:00 AM) SAGE Coffee and Conversation - Virtual (11:00 AM) YPG Networking Luncheon - The Bear Paw Bar & Grill (11:30 AM) Leap Into Science: Light and Shadow At Chugiak -Eagle River Library (3:00 PM) VolunTeen Fridays At Loussac - Anchorage Public Library (3:30 PM) Sewing Class With Elder Marge Nakak - Alaska Native Heritage Center (6:00 PM) From my notebook: Do you know them? These two males are responsible for vandalizing The Dome in the early morning of Oct. 31. One of the suspects has been identified; charges for him have been forwarded to the Department of Juvenile Justice. (Facebook) Come show your support for the University of Alaska Anchorage Gymnastics Team today at the Alaska Airlines Center as they return to the competition for the first time in nearly two years! (Facebook) Every Third Thursday of the month, the Anchorage Museum offers $5 admission. Explore the new exhibition "Counter Cartographies: Living the Land". (Instagram) Loving the Anchorage Daily? Here are all the ways you can get more involved: Send a friend or neighbor this link so they can subscribe Get your local business listed in front of readers You're all caught up for today! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next update. — Dominique-Noelle Rafael About me: Dominique is a self taught UX/UI designer based in Princeton, NJ. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland last spring with a bachelor's degree in Information Science. She is excited to begin working on the Patch newsletter project this year!