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Good afternoon. It’s Monday, May 11.

In today's newsletter:

With less than two weeks remaining before the end of this year's legislative session in Juneau, state lawmakers still need to pass the budget and address their other top priorities.
Critics of Alaska’s Republican lone U.S. House representative want a change, but exactly who they should throw their support behind is still in contention.
Members of Chugiak High's Class of 1976 gathered to unseal the time capsule they buried, and sifted through the muck to identify memorabilia from 50 years ago.

The Anchorage Daily News is reviving Curious Alaska, a popular series first launched a few years ago that seeks to answer the everyday questions and curiosities that come with living in such a unique place. You have questions. Our reporters will find answers. What have you always wanted to know about the place where we live? You can share your question using this form.

Anchorage weather

It's partly sunny today with a high around 48 degrees. Looking ahead, we can expect isolated showers and a high around 49 degrees Tuesday, followed by mostly cloudy skies and highs in the low 50s on Wednesday and Thursday.

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

— Vicky Ho, vho@adn.com

As session deadline looms, here’s where key bills stand in the Alaska Legislature →

Education funding, the state budget and questions about tax breaks for the Alaska LNG project remain on legislators’ to-do list before the session’s May 20 deadline.

Chugiak High Class of 1976 opens time capsule, awakening decades-long memories →

While some of the contents of the drum were decomposing, several items survived, including a flag celebrating the American bicentennial.

Independent, Democrat challenging US Rep. Begich meet at Anchorage forum →

Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz, a Democrat, and independent Bristol Bay fisherman and educator Bill Hill talked resource development, data centers and rural Alaska’s challenges.

Megatsunami in Alaska’s Tracy Arm was the second-highest ever measured →

When a wall of rock collapsed into Southeast Alaska’s Tracy Arm last August, it triggered one of the highest-reaching tsunamis ever recorded in the world. The event happened to be in a place heavily visited by cruise ships. (via Alaska Beacon)

Anchorage runner hits his stride with blazing Boston Marathon time, shot at Olympic Trials →

Riley Howard has now run the two fastest times by an Alaskan at the Boston Marathon and is set to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2028.

Lawmakers pursue vet care access to ease Alaska’s chronic problems with abandoned and loose dogs →

More access to veterinary care, which is scarce in rural Alaska, would boost human health and safety as well as animal welfare, bill supporters say. (via Alaska Beacon)

More from the ADN

2 more passengers evacuated from cruise ship test positive for hantavirus →

Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats →

Trump says ceasefire is on ‘life support’ as Iran standoff deepens and strait remains closed →

Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan a school shooting →

Book review: A fictional exploration of an honorable man’s life, infused with Territorial Guard history →

Wayne and Wanda: My girlfriend’s relationship with her co-worker leaves me jealous →

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