After a roughly five-hour standoff at the Midtown Hampton Inn last Friday morning, Anchorage police fatally shot a man they say held two adults and several children hostage.

The board also passed an amendment that shows how most cuts would be reversed if lawmakers approve a $1,000 increase in per-student state funding.

The mushers and dogs will end at Sullivan Arena instead of the Campbell Airstrip.

No suspects have yet been arrested in Monday night’s shooting at Davis Park, according to an Anchorage police spokesman.

Parents, students and staff have given nearly six hours of passionate testimony against the deep cuts proposed by the board to balance the budget.

The blaze occurred Friday at the former Americas Best Value Inn and Suites on Spenard Road. None of the people, rescued from a balcony with a ladder truck, were hurt.

Police responded shortly before 4 a.m. Friday to the Hampton Inn, in what soon became a SWAT response. Nobody else was injured.

Southcentral mushers say they’re fleeing north to find snow due to bare trails back home.

“We're not telling you you can't have these things in your home,” said Assembly member Karen Bronga. “We're just saying, if you have these things, that you need to check your kids.”

A driver in one of the fatal collisions is charged with murder and DUI.

Municipal Manager Becky Windt Pearson says community members want the building to house a more all-purpose recreation center, like the city operates in the Spenard and Fairview neighborhoods.

A total of 91 skiers and snowboarders mixed and mingled as they paired up to take a chairlift up part of the mountain, and use the time to get to know each other.