🌱 Patch AM: Why this latest downtown police shooting is drawing extra scrutiny now

Morning Anchorage! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• Why this latest downtown police shooting is drawing extra scrutiny now
• How serious is the Cook Inlet oil spill south of Anchorage?

Also on today's calendar: Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA & More and 7 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Laura W.!

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Cloudy, rain, with a high of 58 and low of 50 degrees.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 64, low: 48.
• Thursday: Sun followed by clouds, with a high of 62 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• APD names officer who killed woman in downtown standoff (alaskasnewssource.com) — Anchorage police have identified Officer Misha Carlson as the officer who fatally shot a 53-year-old woman during a tense standoff at a downtown residential building on Aug. 18. Investigators say the woman pointed a gun toward officers and bystanders before Carlson fired. The shooting, Anchorage's seventh officer-involved incident this year, is under review by state prosecutors and APD Internal Affairs.
   

• Cook Inlet oil spill prompts multi-agency response (alaskasnewssource.com) — Anchorage-based officials are coordinating a multi-agency response after a pilot spotted a sizable oil spill in Cook Inlet, about five miles south of Tyonek. State environmental staff, the U.S. Coast Guard, and industry crews are investigating the source and size of the slick as they mobilize resources in a region critical to Southcentral Alaska's energy activity.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Anchorage

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday August 27
• Design Awards & Industry Partner Appreciation Event →
  King Street Brewing Company, 9050 King St, Anchorage
  5:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 26
• Classes Begin Preschool/Kindergarten
  Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H. Anchorage, AK 99507
• Coffee & Kleenex →
  Northern Lights ABC K-8 School Anchorage, AK 99507
  8:10 am
• Tissues and Tears
  Aquarian Charter School Anchorage, AK 99517
  8:30 am
• Tears and Cheers
  Rilke Schule Charter School Anchorage, AK 99507
  8:30 am
• SH Open House
  Service High School Anchorage, AK 99507
  6:30 pm
Friday August 28
• Open House Ice Cream Social
  Aquarian Charter School Anchorage, AK 99517
  5:00 pm
• West Volleyball vs Dimond C JV 6:15, V 7:30
  West High School West Anchorage High School, 1700 Hillcrest Dr, Anchorage, AK 99
  5:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Candlelight: Tribute to ABBA & More →
  49th State Brewing - Anchorage, 717 W 3rd Ave, Anchorage
  5:30 pm
• Candlelight: Coldplay & Imagine Dragons →
  49th State Brewing - Anchorage, 717 W 3rd Ave, Anchorage
  7:45 pm

🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• Picture Day
  Susitna Valley Jr/Sr High School SVS
  8:30 am
• Staff pickleball games
  Swanson Elementary gym
  4:15 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Girls Freshman Volleyball vs Bettye Davis East Anchorage High Schoo
  Wasilla High School 701 E Bogard Rd, Wasilla AK 99654-7193
  4:00 pm
• Coed Varsity Tennis @ Chugiak HS
  Wasilla High School Po Box 770218, Eagle River Alaska 99577-0218
  5:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Nice big strawberries from our patch.
  Thankfully the sun came back. 8 pints of jam and now Sonya is making a strawberry pie. The name Of the Berry variety are Honeyoye. (Nextdoor Bayshore)
• When I was at child our parents sent us out to be creative, play games and stay alive.
  As usual with kids we'd often sling crazy, stupid insults onto our playmates. The standard response was: "Sticks and stones may break my bones but… (Nextdoor Midtown)

• Southcentral Foundation posted a job opening for Courier BNPCC - INTERMITTENT in Wasilla. Apply here.
• Wendy's posted a job opening for Shift Supervisor in Wasilla. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Anchorage here.

🗞 Nearby News

Palmer

• Mat-Su road officials want tougher penalties for illegal motorized vehicle use on pathways (matsusentinel.com)
• 'Help out and make the world clean': Recycling at the Alaska State Fair becoming a family affair (alaskasnewssource.com)
• Alaska Dem Senate hopeful Mary Peltola racked up hundreds of missed votes while holding taxpayer-funded jobs (amedpost.com)

Wasilla

• MY TURN: The biological prescription schools are ignoring (juneauempire.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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