HOUR 1
- At least 2,100 people have been killed in Turkey and Syria, where a powerful earthquake on Monday collapsed thousands of buildings and raised the specter of a new humanitarian disaster in a region already wracked by war, a refugee crisis, and deep economic troubles. / (NYT) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/05/world/turkey-earthquake?Governments around the world were quick to respond to requests for international assistance after Monday’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, deploying rescue teams and offering aid. (NPR) https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/02/05/world/turkey-earthquake?
- When President Biden delivers his State of the Union 2023 address Tuesday evening, he'll have a new person peering over his left shoulder: Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. (NPR) https://www.npr.org/2023/02/06/1154253207/biden-mccarthy-state-of-the-union
- Former Hillary Clinton adviser and pollster Mark Penn says that China's ability to fly a spy balloon over the U.S. symbolizes that China could 'invade our sovereignty.' / (FOX News) https://www.foxnews.com/video/6319880883112
- Anchorage Assembly leaders want it to be easier for residents to see how the municipality is spending public money. To that end, Chair Suzanne LaFrance and Vice Chair Christopher Constant introduced a measure that would set up an “Anchorage online checkbook,” where records of transactions, contracts, travel expenses, departmental spending, payroll data, and other fiscal items would be stored digitally in perpetuity, searchable by keyword and fund recipient. /(ADN)
- With support from the mayor’s office, the Port of Alaska is moving forward with an expanded design that could add hundreds of millions of dollars to its already substantial price tag. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/anchorage/2023/02/05/bronson-backs-expanded-port-design-that-could-add-more-than-200m-to-modernization-project/
- PETA misrepresents in media alerts why some sponsors of the Iditarod are not helping the Iditarod this year
- A school bus worker strike in Mat-Su will continue Monday after both sides failed to come to a contract agreement in a negotiating session Friday. / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2023/02/03/mat-su-school-bus-driver-strike-stretches-into-monday-as-contract-impasse-continues/
HOUR 2
- Homicide rates saw a significant jump in 2022, according to a report published by the Anchorage Police Department. / (ANS) https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2023/02/03/apd-report-shows-homicide-rates-jumped-2022/Beyoncé reigns at the Grammy Awards.
After 88 career nominations, the R&B singer and pop superstar won her 32nd Grammy on Sunday, for best dance/electronic music album, giving her the record for most Grammy victories. Solti, a Hungarian-born conductor who was the previous leader, won his last award in 1998, the year after his death. A ‘It’s so vital’: New Mat-Su facility adds detox beds in a state with few options for residential addiction treatment / (ADN) https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/mat-su/2023/02/05/its-so-vital-new-mat-su-facility-adds-detox-beds-in-a-state-with-few-options-for-residential-addiction-treatment/
- Anchorage Assembly candidate Spencer Moore (running in East Anchorage) joins Tom / https://mooreforanchorage.com/
