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Several small fires started in Southcentral Alaska with hot, dry conditions expected to continue in many regions.
The holes formed Wednesday on Minnesota Drive and the Glenn Highway near Palmer.
The titles were returned to school library shelves this month following votes from the school board and a review by district officials.
Wednesday’s vote came after the board last year sharply limited a former representative’s participation after he raised concerns on several topics.
The proposal, to be discussed next week, follows the board’s decision last year to sharply limit the representative’s role.
Richard Best, 54, was arrested for operating under the influence in October 2022 after Anchorage police observed him driving nearly 100 mph on the Glenn Highway, charges say.
The Assembly resolution, approved Tuesday, reaffirms support for the proposed corridor envisioned between Seward and Fairbanks.
The driver was able to get out of the pickup truck after it rolled, but 26-year-old Tyler Anderson was trapped, troopers said.
A long stretch of the Seward-Fairbanks route would fall in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where a proposed Assembly resolution opposes National Scenic Trail designation.
Officials say the training, provided through a $75,000 program approved last week, is intended to make up for limited law enforcement in the region.
Two candidates including Anchorage’s deputy city manager were finalists for the position to replace retiring City Manager John Moosey.
A route from the Mat-Su College trails to the Crevasse-Moraine system abruptly ends in a construction zone — for now.
The owner of the dogs says he wants them back and that three dead puppies and an adult found on his Caswell Lakes property last month did not belong to him.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety plan to expand tribal arrest authority over a roughly 68-square-mile area near Sutton was supposed to start next month, before community pushback derailed the effort.
The Wasilla Police Department said it wasn’t clear what led to the 48-year-old being on the tracks when she was killed by a freight train Friday evening.
The identity of the woman, who authorities said was lying in between the tracks when the collision occurred, was not immediately available.
Citing local concerns, Alaska Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell said the state was not pursuing new commissions for Chickaloon tribal police around Sutton.
The one-day Midsummer Garden and Air Faire, with 70 vendors, brings thousands of visitors to the Mat-Su city every July. The chamber’s decision comes as it hopes to focus more time on other core objectives.
Several other people were evacuated from the building, authorities said.
The $25 discount is available only to people who own residential property in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
The 62-year-old was separated from friends in the Friday Creek area on Saturday, Alaska State Troopers said. He was found dead on Sunday, they said.
The program, which begins in mid-May, will let volunteers take borrowed shelter pooches on hikes.
For nearly two decades, longshoreman Jason Tolstrup carefully tended to a Christmas tree that brightened thousands of wintry commutes between Anchorage and the Mat-Su.