🌱 Man Indicted For Attempted Murder + Ballot-Counting Facility

Happy Monday, neighbors! Let's get this day started. Here's everything happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

A little snow. High: 37 Low: 28.

Here are the top stories today in Anchorage:

1. A grand jury last week indicted Mark Cruz Nystuen of Anchorage on 12 felony counts including Attempted Murder in the First Degree on charges stemming from a February incident in Anchorage. Nystuen is accused of shooting a man in the hip after he entered an occupied apartment in the area of Rose Street and Northern Lights Boulevard on Feb. 11 armed with a shotgun and a pistol. (Alaska Native News)
2. The Anchorage Assembly is considering an ordinance change that drastically limits the ability of the election observers to witness what is going on inside the ballot-counting facility at Ship Creek during the ballot sorting and counting process. (Must Read Alaska)
3. Anchorage ski racer Rosie Brennan finished third in Saturday’s 10K World Cup cross-country race in Lillehammer, Norway. (Anchorage Daily News)
4. A private company is now handling COVID-19 testing in Anchorage: Capstone Clinic, a Wasilla health care provider that's evolved through the pandemic to become the state's largest testing presence. (Yahoo News)
5. The Anchorage Assembly will consider ending the city's mask requirement at Tuesday’s Assembly meeting. (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.