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Good afternoon. It’s Tuesday, Sept. 16.

In today's newsletter:

Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s administration is preparing two separate ordinances that aim to slow the disappearance of one of Anchorage's biggest reservoirs of low-income housing: mobile homes.
The state attorney general is fighting the largest electric utility in Alaska over a program that could soon round up electric bills to the next dollar to collect money for charity.
A small plane with two people aboard lost power this morning, and the pilot made an emergency landing on the Seward Highway near Girdwood, authorities say.

The Titanic has been the subject of extensive study for years, but now researchers are learning more about its sister ship. Originally designed as a luxury cruise liner, the Britannic was requisitioned as a hospital ship during World War I and sank when it struck a mine in the Aegean Sea. More than a century later, divers have recovered artifacts from the Britannic for the first time.

Anchorage weather

It's cloudy today with a chance of isolated showers and a high around 59 degrees. It will become partly cloudy overnight, and we should see partly sunny skies on Wednesday. The forecast calls for more rain later in the week, and daytime temperatures hovering in the low 60s.

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

— Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com

A new mobile home in Anchorage costs up to $300,000. New city proposals aim to fix that. →

There hasn’t been a new mobile home park built in Anchorage in more than three decades. Part of the reason is cost. Two new proposals aim to reduce the red tape around building new low-income and alternative homes, in an effort to address the city's housing shortage.

Alaska attorney general argues Chugach Electric charity program raises free speech concerns →

Newly appointed Attorney General Stephen Cox wants state utility regulators to require changes to the proposed program, arguing that it raises free speech concerns by automatically “conscripting” ratepayers unless they take steps to opt out.

Small plane with 2 aboard makes emergency landing on Seward Highway near Girdwood →

The chief of Girdwood Fire and Rescue said there were no reports of injuries to the pilot or passenger, nor to any motorists.

Anchorage dispatchers used workaround to return hundreds of 911 calls during weekend outage →

Hundreds of people in Anchorage tried to call 911 but couldn’t get through during a nearly 30-hour emergency call outage over the weekend, but an alternate method allowed dispatchers to call them back.

The Rewind: Isaac Updike narrowly misses finals at World Championships, Bartlett football hands Service first loss →

Ketchikan’s Isaac Updike finished just outside the qualifiers for the finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Plus, the Bartlett High football team knocked Service from the ranks of the unbeaten with a double overtime victory.

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