The power companies in Anchorage say only a small number of customers are still without electricity in the wake of the severe windstorm that hit the city last week.
Anchorage mayor Dan Sullivan has made no public comment since the big storm, but city spokesperson Lindsey Whitt says the city office of emergency management has issued a damage survey through the city website. The survey will help the city decide if a declaration of emergency is warranted. The city office of emergency management can also be contacted through its Facebook page. According to Whitt, city police were swamped with calls during the storm.
The Garden leases the land from the municipality. It closed for two days, so workers could assess safety concerns. So far volunteers have cleared most of the Garden ‘s trails, and the facility has reopened for its usual hours.
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APTI Reporter-Producer Ellen Lockyer started her radio career in the late 1980s, after a stint at bush Alaska weekly newspapers, the Copper Valley Views and the Cordova Times. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in Prince William Sound, Valdez Public Radio station KCHU needed a reporter, and Ellen picked up the microphone.
Since then, she has literally traveled the length of the state, from Attu to Eagle and from Barrow to Juneau, covering Alaska stories on the ground for the AK show, Alaska News Nightly, the Alaska Morning News and for Anchorage public radio station, KSKA
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