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The city is moving ahead with plans to add a drug and alcohol treatment facility inside a former Midtown Anchorage hotel, which has been used as transitional housing for the last two years.
Japan’s largest electric company has agreed to buy 1 million tons of natural gas per year from the proposed trans-Alaska natural gas pipeline, developer Glenfarne announced.
The Anchorage Police Department has identified three people shot death in two separate incidents across the city on Tuesday.

Chronically sleepless? A new study suggests it might cause your brain to age. Persistent sleeplessness may be far worse than just a passing annoyance — gradually unraveling memory and mental sharpness, according to the new research.

Anchorage weather

It's overcast and rainy today with a high around 56 degrees. Rain will continue overnight and into Friday, and the forecast calls for more precipitation over the weekend. Daytime highs will dip into the low 50s before climbing back into the 60s next week.

Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today.

— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com

Former Golden Lion Hotel, once a flashpoint in Anchorage politics, set to provide outpatient treatment →

The building was at the center of a major political fight during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city plans to add outpatient treatment services without displacing any of the people currently living there.

Japanese electric company signs tentative agreement for gas from AKLNG project →

A final decision on whether to build the pipeline for in-state use is expected by the end of the year. (via Alaska Beacon)

Police identify 3 people killed in Anchorage homicides Tuesday →

Two people were found shot to death in a wooded area south of Mountain View Drive, and a man was killed in a shooting at an apartment complex in Spenard.

Sand Point fishing boat captain accused of smuggling drugs from Seattle arrested at Anchorage airport →

A Sand Point fisherman who was shot by police last week when he tried to flee in a boat during a drug investigation was taken into custody Wednesday on felony assault and drug charges.

The U.S. marks 24th anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks →

Many loved ones of the nearly 3,000 people killed joined dignitaries and politicians at commemorations in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania.

More from the ADN

Killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah remains at large; FBI releases photos of ‘person of interest’ →

Authorities say 16-year-old who had been radicalized fired revolver at a Colorado school, wounding 2 classmates before killing himself →

Alaska’s Isaac Updike is ready for his return to the World Track and Field Championships →

Rising inflation and a deteriorating job market raise the specter of US ‘stagflation’ →

FBI leaders allege in lawsuit they were unlawfully fired over political loyalty →

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