🌱 Suspect Arrested In DV Assault + State Senate Redistrcting

Good day, people of Anchorage! Dominique-Noelle Rafael here with today's issue of the Anchorage Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny. High: 51 Low: 35.

Here are the top three stories in Anchorage today:

1. A suspect in an Anchorage domestic violence assault was arrested on Wednesday morning. Ottawa K. Wiehl, 39, was taken by police from his home on Wednesday after being refused entry on Tuesday. The assault took place on Tuesday evening on Wilson Street. (Alaska Native News)
2. An Anchorage judge is considering a case that could redraw state Senate boundaries. Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews is overseeing a new map of state Senate districts a month after he ordered them to be redrawn. Judge Matthews will hold a meeting with courtroom arguments on May 9th before ruling on the matter. (Anchorage Daily News)
3. Are you looking for a new home in the area? Patch and Redfin have teamed up to show buyers the latest homes for sale in and around Anchorage. Check out these five new homes on the local market, including an Anchorage house for $80,000, and another in the Palmer area with 5 beds and 5 baths for $1.2 million. (Anchorage Patch)

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Today in Anchorage:

• Toddler Storytime At Anchorage Public Library (11:00 AM)
• Webinar: Lunch & Learn: What We’ve Learned about Depolarizing Conversations about Vaccines (12:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Anchorage voters approved a ballot measure in 2020 to add a second Assembly seat to District 1, downtown. Ballots will be mailed to those voters on May 31. (Facebook)
• Join Anchorage Museum Seed Lab writer-in-residence Julia O'Malley in her 5-minute free write looking back on the last two years of the COVID pandemic. Follow along on Instagram (Facebook)
• Twenty-three Alaska veterans traveled to D.C. this week on the first Last Frontier Honor Flight since the start of the pandemic. There's a homecoming for them at the Anchorage airport Saturday afternoon. (Twitter)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! See you tomorrow morning for your next update.

— Dominique-Noelle Rafael

About me: Dominique is a self taught UX/UI designer based in Princeton, NJ. She recently graduated from the University of Maryland last spring with a bachelor's degree in Information Science. She is excited to begin working on the Patch newsletter project this year!