🌱 Alaska Chip Co. + Clifford Armstrong III + Vaccine Mandates

Good morning, people of Anchorage! Miranda Fraraccio here with a fresh Anchorage Daily.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 44 Low: 32.

Here are the top stories in Anchorage today:

1. The Alaska Chip Company’s Grizzly BBQ Chip has made the cut at America's Test Kitchen for top BBQ chips in the country. After sampling 30 regional brands of BBQ chips to find the top six, writer and food critic Kevin Pang placed the Alaska Chip Company’s chip among its favorites. Alaska Chip Co. owner Ralph Carney credits the deep potato flavor of the chips to the hearty Alaska potatoes used to make them. (Must Read Alaska)
2. A former equity officer published a cartoon, along with a statement, on social media that appears to depict him being fired by three hooded persons, presumably members of the Ku Klux Klan. Clifford Armstrong III had been hired as Anchorage’s first chief equity officer by former Acting Mayor Austin Quinn-Davidson. The position was created by former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz and approved by the leftist Assembly by an ordinance that appears to say he can’t be fired without the Assembly’s approval, however Mayor Dave Bronson replaced him anyway. (Must Read Alaska)
3. Christina Hendrickson, a former Anchorage real estate director, is suing Mayor Dave Bronson and the city, claiming that she was fired in retaliation after she filed a whistleblower’s complaint against the administration. (Anchorage Daily News)
4. Museums across Alaska are declaring support for the Alaska Jewish Museum after they faced multiple anti-semitic attacks this year. (Anchorage Press)
5. Two major Alaska health care providers, Providence Alaska Medical Center and Alaska Native Medical Center, have said more than 98% of employees are meeting COVID-19 vaccine mandates. (Anchorage Daily News)

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Today in Anchorage:

• Flu Shot Clinic - Anchorage Public Library (11:00 AM)
• KPC Alliance Meetings - Identity, Inc. (4:00 PM)

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— Miranda Fraraccio

About me: Miranda Fraraccio is a born and raised Rhode Islander. She works as a freelance copywriter for content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and as an assistant producer for a live-lit storytelling show in Chicago. She holds a degree in Writing & Rhetoric and Communication Studies from The University of Rhode Island. In her free time, you can find her traveling, hiking, or photographing her neighborhood as a street photographer.