Anchorage

Ship Creek, one of Southcentral Alaska’s few unrestricted king salmon fisheries, is a favorite among locals.

The board voted 5-1 to approve funds for Inlet View and other schools across the district in need of repairs and improvements.

The Assembly on Tuesday also postponed to June 20 a vote on whether to revive Mayor Bronson’s stalled East Anchorage homeless shelter.

Anchorage is largely barred from clearing homeless encampments during an acute shelter shortage, but the city moved ahead with clearing Cuddy Park ahead of a large music festival set for later this month.

Also on the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting is a $7 million request from Mayor Dave Bronson and two Assembly members, who want the city to complete a stalled East Anchorage homeless shelter project.

As Anchorage officials move to clear a Midtown encampment ahead of a three-day music festival, they have to balance local concerns with federal court rulings.

A volunteer found the body of 28-year-old Juan Toscano on Friday night. Police said his death did not appear to be criminal in nature.

The contractor is suing the municipality over work done on the stalled East Anchorage homeless shelter last year that the Bronson administration green-lit without following protocol.

Almost 200 people became American citizens in Friday’s naturalization ceremony at the Wendy Williamson Auditorium.

A large search turned up no sign of 28-year-old Juan Toscano or any indications of an animal attack in the area, police say.

The money would not be enough to fully cover the cost of the project, school board members say. The rest could come from next year’s school bond.

Juan Toscano told friends and family he was going for a hike Tuesday afternoon at the Basher Trailhead, police said.

Many clients still didn’t know where they would go on Wednesday, and options are scarce. Waitlists are long for private shelters, transitional and supportive housing, substance abuse treatment and housing vouchers.

A person walking along Campbell Airstrip Road found the body, police said.

Rosalina Mavaega was made a city commissioner and given a large grant to support her homeless services charity. Federal investigators are looking into her business dealings.

A $350,000 grant will be used to renovate the 150-year-old Russian Orthodox church and its icons.

The U.S. Army has identified the 11th Airborne Division soldier killed in a collision late Sunday on Arctic Valley Road as Pfc. Arath Esau Martinez-Arguelles, 20, of Sherman Oaks, California.

People gathered to honor and remember.

Several ceremonies and remembrances are scheduled for Monday.

Jharrett Bryantt stepped into the superintendent role at the start of the school year, and was immediately met with challenges like a bus driver shortage and a budget crunch.

The risk mounts with each passing year, a new report concludes: Lengthening fire seasons, natural increase in vegetation loads, climate-change-driven weather patterns and dwindling budgets for fire mitigation “pose an increasingly higher risk for the potential loss of life, homes, and infrastructure.”

The dispute involves questions over Gray Television’s control of two leading television stations in the Anchorage market.

Plus, two women’s clothing stores become one, Brown Jug adds a southside store and a pet supply shop is shuttering a location while Bed Bath & Beyond is closing in Anchorage.