Anchorage conditionally protested four Fred Meyer liquor-license renewals over unpaid taxes

On July 7, the Anchorage Assembly conditionally protested the renewal of four Fred Meyer package-store licenses because municipal taxes were owed.

The stores are at Muldoon, Dimond, Abbott Road and Eagle River. The municipal clerk's memorandum reported no objection from the other reviewing departments and identified unpaid municipal taxes as the outstanding requirement.

The resolution authorizes the municipal clerk to lift the conditional protest once the municipal requirements are satisfied, without another Assembly vote. It concerns license renewals; it does not seize the stores' existing liquor licenses.

The Assembly also approved a separate conditional protest concerning Stalk Steakhouse in Eagle River at the July 7 meeting.

Correction, Nov. 14, 2026: The original story, published before July 7, incorrectly described a proposed action as an already completed vote and attributed a statement in the clerk's memorandum to Assembly Chair Anna Brawley. The Assembly subsequently approved the conditional protest on July 7. This version reflects that action and clarifies that it concerned renewals, not seizure of existing licenses.