🌱 UAA Event With Justin Lee + Russell Allen Haube Indicted

Happy Tuesday, people of Anchorage! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Turning cloudy and cold. High: 24 Low: 17.

Here are the top stories today in Anchorage:

1. The University Of Alaska Anchorage will be hosting "Changing Minds in a Divided World: The Art of Strategic Dialogue" on Nov. 17. The virtual event will be a recorded talk by Justin Lee, author of UAA Book of the Year, Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree with & Maybe Even Change the World. Lee will discuss the psychological principles behind people's resistance to new ideas and share simple, proven strategies for discussing controversial issues without losing friends. (Press Release Desk)
2. Both Chugiak-Eagle River Assemblywoman Jamie Allard and former Alaska House Rep. Sharon Jackson have filed letters of intent to run for legislative office in 2022. Allard is in a House district that will not have an incumbent in it under the new redistricting plan, approved by the Alaska Redistricting Board. Jackson, a lifelong Republican and former Alaska delegate to the Republican National Convention, previously lost her seat to Rep. Ken McCarty in 2020. (Must Read Alaska)
3. An Anchorage man, 34-year-old Russell Allen Haube, was indicted for murder on Wednesday by a grand jury in connection with the Oct. 23 death of Joseph Evans at the Backpacker’s Inn in Anchorage. Haube was indicted on one count of first-degree murder, two counts of second-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, one count of second-degree misconduct involving weapons, one count of third-degree misconduct involving weapons, and six counts of third-degree assault. He is scheduled to be arraigned before the Superior Court in Anchorage on Friday. (Alaska Native News)

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Today in Anchorage:

• Young Professionals Group Monthly Meeting - Anchorage Chamber of Commerce (4:00 PM)
• I Read What I Want Book Club - Anchorage Public Library (5:30 PM)

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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.