Also new: a bike-cargo showroom, a nail salon, a brewpub, a cat cafe in Wasilla, and a “cafe within a cafe.” A trampoline park in the Northway Mall is closing, as well.

As Putin steps onto this patch of US soil later today, he will surely be hoping to strike a better deal than his country’s imperial leaders, who ruled Alaska as “Russian America” for nearly 70 years before selling it to the US in 1867 for just $7.2m.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance revealed she only learned about Donald Trump’s planned sit-down with Russian President Vladimir Putin in her city the same way the world did—via social media. Speaking to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on The Source,

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President Trump is on his way to Alaska for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Air Force One took off for Anchorage shortly after 8 a.m ET. The president is expected to arrive at Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage after a roughly seven-hour flight.

Anchorage by the numbers - Gas current price: $3.71 --- Alaska average: $3.77 - Week change: +$0.00 (+0.0%) - Year change: +$0.00 (+0.1%) - Historical expensive gas price: $5.56 (6/20/22) - Diesel current price: $4.02 - Week change: -$0.02 (-0.4%) - Year change: +$0.30 (+8.0%) - Historical expensive diesel price: $6.07 (6/30/22)

All eyes will be the Alaskan city that has provided a world stage for presidents and leaders in recent history

Anchorage police Chief Sean Case said he decided to end the practice of not naming victims after a Daily News story showed it had no legal basis and was raising concerns among families and advocates.