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From pruning to pH levels, gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels responds to reader inquiries.

Gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfel says now is the time to start seed. And that means understanding the relationship between bacteria and the developing plant.

Also, for the plants you won’t be starting from seed, now is the time to visit nurseries to make your purchases.

Update, Jan. 14: The Anchorage School District will offer testing at Tyson Elementary instead of Fairview Elementary as one of its five walk-up COVID-19 testing sites that offer results in 24 hours for staff and students. The Anchorage School District is standing up COVID-19 testing sites in partnership with the Anchorage Health Department. There will be pop-up testing in parking lots at 11 schools on a scheduled basis. The testing is free and for the general public. It will be offered from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the following locations on the following days: • Jan. 8, Abbott Loop Elementa...

Anchorage Republican Rep. Lance Pruitt and others are filing a lawsuit seeking to overturn his 11-vote loss to Democratic challenger Liz Snyder. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Pruitt and several individuals, previously described as voters in his district, who sought a recount in his race. In a complaint filed Wednesday, attorney Stacey Stone claims the state failed to properly provide notice when the Alaska Division of Elections moved a polling location from Muldoon Town Center to Begich Middle School. The suit also claims the Division of Elections failed to provide adequate election s...