🌱 Permanent Fund Dividends Update + Sen. Reinbold COVID Positive

Good day, people of Anchorage! It's me again, Miranda Fraraccio, your host of the Anchorage Daily.

First, today's weather:

Cloudy with a flurry or two. High: 39 Low: 30.

Here are the top stories in Anchorage today:

1. More than 534,000 Alaskans who applied for the Permanent Fund dividend online and requested direct deposit will begin receiving their dividends on Oct. 14, according to the Alaska Department of Revenue. This year’s dividend is $1,114, an amount approved by legislators and Gov. Mike Dunleavy in September. Alaskans can check the status of their PFD application at pfd.alaska.gov. (Anchorage Daily News)
2. Part-time cake maker, see-through mask connoisseur, and Alaska State Senator Lora Reinbold came out today as yet another COVID positive Conservative. Surprising nobody, Sen. Reinbold says she’s obtained the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin, a drug that has become a topic of conversation over the past 24 hours in Anchorage. (Anchorage Press)
3. A former EMT for the Anchorage Safety Patrol explains how Anchorage's outdoor deaths are preventable. (Anchorage Daily News)
4. An arm of Alaska Air (ALK) will begin Anchorage-Salt Lake City service soon. (Zacks.com)
5. The University Of Alaska Anchorage encourages students to attend the fall career fair on Oct. 27. (Press Release Desk)

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• Free Day at cowork by RSD - Anchorage Chamber of Commerce (8:00 AM)
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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.