🌱 Emergency Landing At Merrill Field Airport + Upstart Interns

Hey Anchorage: As you may know, Amazon Web Services experienced an outage on Tuesday that affected the Anchorage Daily. Some of you might have received a late newsletter on Wednesday, or no newsletter at all. Please know this was unfortunately beyond our control, but know that we are fully back in business! -Miranda Fraraccio

First, today's weather:

Cold; a bit of afternoon snow. High: 23 Low: 19.

Here are the top stories in Anchorage today:

1. Engine trouble on a cargo plane lead to an emergency landing at Merrill Field Airport in Anchorage on Wednesday morning. The TransNorthern Aviation cargo flight experienced a loss of engine power and came down while landing gear was still up on runway 7 of the downtown airport. According to Alaska Chief of the National Transportation and Safety Board Clint Johnson, no one was injured in the emergency landing of the Douglas DC-3. (Alaska News Source)
2. A man was arrested and charged with attempted murder and assault on Tuesday after a shooting that left a teenage girl with severe wounds. Police were called to an area near 14th Avenue and Denali Street at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on a reported shooting, and found the girl had a gunshot wound to her upper body. Odell Branch III was identified as a suspect and taken into police custody about 10 minutes later. He is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. (Yahoo)
3. Applications for the 2022 Upstart Interns Program spring semester close on Dec. 20. (Press Release Desk)
4. New figures show Anchorage-area unemployment rates have improved. (Anchorage Patch)
5. Family Partnership Charter School has won its 10-year recharter from the Anchorage School Board. (Must Read Alaska)

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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.