🌱 NYE In Downtown Anchorage + 1 Dead In Mountain View House Fire

Up and at 'em, Anchorage! Let's get you started this Monday with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Very cold; breezy in the a.m.. High: 2 Low: -8.

Here are the top 3 stories today in Anchorage:

1. Waves of people in downtown Anchorage joined in on the New Year’s Eve festivities — including fireworks, sledding, and live music — to ring in 2022. The event, hosted by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership, returned in full force after last year’s event was turned into a drive-in show due to the pandemic. This year, live music and performances were part of the spirited New Year’s celebration, alongside COVID-19 at-home test kit giveaways. (Anchorage Daily News)
2. One person is dead and two others were taken to the hospital after a residential fire early Friday morning in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood. The Anchorage Fire Department was dispatched to the 200 block of North Hoyt Street at 2:19 a.m; when firefighters arrived at 2:33 a.m., a single-family residence was ablaze with three people inside. One person was pronounced dead at the scene and two others were taken to the hospital in unknown condition. (Anchorage Daily News)
3. Anchorage residents would be wise to bundle up over the next few days, with single-digit and even negative temperatures expected. Check out this week's forecast for Anchorage. (Anchorage Patch)

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Today in Anchorage:

• Cosmic Caribou At Dave & Busters Anchorage - Party Paint (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Interested in joining the Anchorage Police Department? There's still time to apply for the next academy. Learn more at JoinAPD.org. (Facebook)
• The Anchorage Park Foundation encourages everyone to plan ahead and prioritize outdoor adventure — everything from hiking to sledding and everything between — in the new year. (Facebook)
• Looking to read more with your child in 2022? Join Anchorage Imagination Library's Read Every Day Challenge and enter to win educational toys and prizes. (Facebook)

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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.