🌱 Arrest Made For '95 Anchorage Murder + Least Affordable Metro?

Anchorage AK

14 March, 2022

10:11 PM

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Hello, people of Anchorage! It's me again, Dominique-Noelle Rafael, your host of the Anchorage Daily. First, today's weather: Becoming cloudy and chilly. High: 27 Low: 22. Here are the top three stories in Anchorage today: Nearly three decades after the shooting death of 18-year-old David Burdette, a man in the Dominican Republic was arrested and extradited to Anchorage on a charge of first-degree murder. Ruben Fernandez, 47, was originally indicted for murder in 1995, three months after he was accused of shooting the victim in the parking lot of a Midtown fast-food restaurant, and has been at large ever since. Police Chief Michael Kerle said Anchorage detectives recently received new information that led to Fernandez's arrest by U.S. Marshals in late February. He is currently being held on $500,000 bail at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. (Anchorage Daily News)Inflation has taken its toll on the cost of living in cities across America, and Anchorage is no exception. In fact, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis 2020 Regional Price Parities (RPP), Anchorage was ranked the eighth-least affordable midsize metro in the country. The overall cost of living here is 4.3 percent higher than the national average, with 15.3 percent higher housing costs and 10.9 percent higher utility costs. (Anchorage Press)Hospice of Anchorage is hosting its "Heroes of Healthcare: The 2022 Gala on the Go!" through the month of April. All financial gifts will be used to help individuals and families "prepare for and live well with serious, life-limiting illness, dying, and grief." Sponsors of the Gala can choose a healthcare clinic or provider within the Anchorage Bowl or Eagle River that they would like to buy lunch for with their sponsorship. Hospice of Anchorage will coordinate the lunch delivery and provide presentations about the services offered to sponsoring businesses, as well as the honored healthcare providers. (Press Release Desk) From our sponsor: Today's newsletter is brought to you by Ring, a Patch Brand Partner. We all know that Ring is the leader in video doorbells for home security. But did you know that Ring now makes a home security system that is getting raves from consumer electronic experts? (Reviewers at CNET called the new system — known as the Ring Alarm Pro — "a giant leap for home security"). So why the kudos? In a nutshell: the Ring Alarm Pro can protect your home both online and off. It includes a built-in eero Wi-Fi 6 router to help you get reliable physical and digital security in one, innovative device. Now you can help protect your home with all of the benefits of the Ring Alarm, to keep your home safe and secure, while experiencing fast, reliable connectivity. To learn more about the system CNET called "the future of home security" or to build your own custom system, you can visit Ring here. Today in Anchorage: AARP Tax Help At Anchorage Public Library (12:00 PM) Loussac Book Club At Anchorage Public Library (12:00 PM) Teen Crafts & Mindfulness At Anchorage Public Library (3:30 PM) From my notebook: Looking for a new job? Check out our latest lob listing roundup to see who's hiring in the Anchorage area. (Anchorage Patch)Meet Pepper, Bash, and these other adorable adoptable animals, now available at Anchorage-area animal shelters! (Anchorage Patch)Now through Mar. 31, the University Of Alaska Anchorage is hosting the Tom Case Fellows Community Book Drive to benefit residents of McLaughlin Youth Center, in honor of National Reading Month. Drop off book donations at UAA/APU Consortium Library. (Press Release Desk) More from our sponsors — thanks for supporting local news! Events: American Diabetes Association Diabetes Alert Day: Understand Your Risk (March 22) Add your event 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 Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all tomorrow morning for another 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!