The Anchorage School District has closed schools Monday due to icy roads and hazardous weather.
“Side streets and upper elevations areas are not safe,” district officials said in an online message around 5:30 a.m.
The message said the district will decide by noon whether to hold after-school activities and community rentals.
The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District announced a two-hour delay for some schools due to icy roads.
Anchorage and the Mat-Su had been under a winter-weather advisory from noon Sunday until 6 a.m. Monday. Forecasters warned of snow accumulations up to 3 inches and ice accumulation up to one-tenth of an inch.
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