Here's how crews recovered the semi that ended up in Turnagain Arm

And: In Chugiak High homecoming, Olympic medalist Alev Kelter emphasizes perseverance ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Good afternoon. It’s Friday, September 6. In today's newsletter: - It took an array of cranes, tow trucks and rescue swimmers to [remove a semi from the waters of Turnagain Arm]( this week after it left the Seward Highway and ended up partially submerged. - In 2023, Anchorage voters dedicated all of the city’s marijuana tax revenue to boost child care and early education programs. City leaders [will soon decide how to best spend]( the money from the new fund. - Alev Kelter, a freshly minted Olympic bronze medalist, [returned to the school where she first competed athletically]( and learned many of the life lessons she said helped vault her to stardom on Team USA’s women’s rugby team. The temperature is gradually dropping and fall has arrived in Southcentral Alaska, but that doesn't mean an end to fun activities in and around Anchorage, both indoors and out. From live music and theater to a festival and the Great Alaska Duck Race, check out some of the highlights [here](. Anchorage weather It's mostly cloudy today with a chance of rain and a high near 61 degrees. Saturday will start out partly sunny before rain returns and lasts through the rest of the weekend. Daytime temperatures will hover in the high 50s and low 60s for the next few days. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [‘Not a usual thing’: The complicated recovery of a semi that ended up in Turnagain Arm →]( The semi and trailer were extricated from the mudflats in a technical endeavor that involved a total of four heavy-duty tow trucks, two cranes, a hazmat response team and several rescue swimmers. The driver was rescued and hospitalized, and a family member said this week he was doing OK. ADVERTISEMENT [Group proposes first child care spending budget for Anchorage’s marijuana tax →]( Early education advocates, families, businesses and economists have long said that child care in Anchorage is [inaccessible and unaffordable](. [‘I believe in you’: In Chugiak homecoming, Olympic medalist Alev Kelter delivers message of perseverance →]( Kelter, who earned a bronze medal on Team USA’s women’s rugby team at the Paris Olympics, graduated from Chugiak High School in 2009 and was welcomed back with chants and cheers this week. [Chugach Electric to install solar panels on power plants and prepares for community solar farm →]( [Such small renewable projects are good, a renewable energy advocate said, but larger ones are needed to offset a looming shortage of natural gas from Cook Inlet.]( [Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes transparent productivity quotas for employees of Amazon warehouses and others →]( The governor vetoed a measure that would have required written productivity quotas to be made available to workers in large warehouses in Alaska, such as one that [Amazon]( recently opened in Anchorage. [Biden administration announces millions in funding for Alaska clean energy projects →]( [Most of the funding is from the Inflation Reduction Act and will go toward new renewable energy measures all around the state.]( ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [Anchorage man convicted of neighbor’s murder following argument over dog →]( [Bodies of 2 men missing since late July recovered from Kuskokwim River near Akiak →]( [Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoes tax break for renting vehicles through Turo app →]( [‘Indian Country is hurting’: How feds failed Native American food program →]( [Rasmuson estate donates $3 million to Anchorage performing arts organizations →]( [Kamala Harris ran her office like a prosecutor. Not everyone liked that. →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States