Gun Found On Student + Zalatel Refuses To Attend Assembly

Get on up, Anchorage! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy and chilly. High: 42 Low: 31.

Here are the top stories today in Anchorage:

1. A handgun and marijuana were found in a student’s bag at King Tech High School in Anchorage on Thursday, police said, noting that there was no evidence of a threat made at the school. The student said the bag contained a handgun, according to police. An officer with the Anchorage Police Department’s School Resource Officer Unit responded to King Tech around noon. (Anchorage Daily News)
2. Anchorage Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel is refusing to attend Assembly meetings in person until everyone in the Assembly chambers is forced to wear a mask, and until people are spaced out to her preference. She made the comment Thursday night at the opening of the third night of public testimony on her Ordinance 2021-91, the universal masking law that would apply to all in Anchorage who are over the age of 2. (Must Read Alaska)
3. Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson apologizes for defending those wearing antisemitic symbols to protest masks. (The Washington Post)
4. The Anchorage municipal clerk has accused the mayor’s office of using city resources in an attempt to influence the outcome of a recall election. (Anchorage Press)
5. A new Anchorage-based carrier that plans to provide daily passenger flights between Asia and the U.S. bought its first Boeing 757-200 jet. (Anchorage Daily News)

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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.