Anchorage

Man suffers life-threatening wounds in Anchorage C Street shooting

A man was shot multiple times Tuesday night in downtown Anchorage and has life-threatening injuries. No arrest yet, and police are asking for tips.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 29

Anchorage, state and long-term care ombudsmen to explain their work at Loussac Library on Oct. 8

Got a beef with the city, a state agency or a nursing home? Three ombuds offices explain what they can do for you Oct. 8 at Loussac Library. It's free.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly to consider $15,000 donation for police program steering people to treatment

Anchorage police could get $15,000 to train staff who steer people toward treatment instead of jail. The Assembly takes up the donation Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Murkowski cosponsors Senate resolution marking Filipino American History Month

Murkowski is the only Republican cosponsoring a Senate resolution recognizing October as Filipino American History Month. Hirono, D-Hawaii, introduced it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage sets Oct. 28 open house on Eklutna pumped storage options

Anchorage holds an open house Oct. 28 on two dam designs for Eklutna Lake, where the city gets 90 percent of its drinking water and faces a 2027 deadline on pumped storage.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Cook Inlet Tribal Council seeks builder for $36.5 million east Anchorage center

Cook Inlet Tribal Council opened bidding Wednesday on a $36.5 million east Anchorage cultural center with child care, gym, and showers, but has not disclosed its funding source.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Huffman Road to close in both directions near Silver Fox Lane for weekend repairs

Huffman Road near Silver Fox Lane closes both ways from Friday night to Monday morning for waterline and storm drain repairs. Plan another route.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

State offers free fingerprinting for Anchorage child care workers' background checks

Anchorage child care workers can now get their required fingerprints taken free at a state office. The rest of the background check still costs money.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Conservation groups appeal state's Ambler road easement in Anchorage Superior Court

Seven conservation groups asked a judge to overturn DNR's easement for the Ambler road. Both sides cite the state Supreme Court's Donlin ruling.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago5 min read

Girdwood Trails Committee seeks comment on grant bid to restore Beaver Pond Trail

Girdwood's trails committee wants a federal grant to fix the Beaver Pond Trail's drainage and water crossings. Residents can weigh in by Oct. 30.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 21

Anchorage planners say state's draft road plan overstates local federal grant by $40 million

Anchorage's transportation planners say the state's draft road plan copied their project list and booked $40 million more work than the money covers.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: Alaska's $7.74 billion transportation plan is open for public comment

Anchorage child care fund board asks LaFrance to move pre-K money off cannabis tax

Anchorage's marijuana-tax child care board wants ASD preschool and an early literacy program off its tab next year. The rollover cash that covered them is gone.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 3

Circle K seeks Anchorage liquor license through a transfer that lists no premises

Circle K Stores Inc. applied to take over an Anchorage package store license without listing any premises.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Feb 19

Cook Inlet Tribal Council gets $262,483 federal grant for Anchorage parenting program

Cook Inlet Tribal Council received $262,483 to expand Parent's Journey, a 20-year parenting program in Anchorage serving Native families who make up 66% of children in out-of-home care there.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Federal grant offers Native homeowners in Anchorage and Mat-Su a savings match and repair money

Native homeowners in Anchorage and Mat-Su who save $2,000 in a year could get an $8,000 match and up to $10,000 in repairs under a new grant program.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Platting Board to consider combining industrial lots and vacating unused rail easement

An industrial lot in South Anchorage wants to shed a railroad easement that never saw a train and some extra street. The Platting Board takes it up Oct. 7.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Senate vote to advance data center utility cost bill fails 57-43

Senate blocked a bill asking states to consider making big data centers pay for grid upgrades. Alaska's senators voted yes; most Democrats called it optional.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage names police Lt. Brian Fuchs municipal Employee of the Year

Anchorage police Lt. Brian Fuchs won Employee of the Year for leading homeless outreach units that answered 3,300 crisis calls and cut unsheltered homelessness by nearly 30%.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Federal managers weigh permit letting a Bering Sea trawler donate halibut it now must discard

One Bering Sea trawler could give food banks the halibut it now has to throw overboard, under a federal permit open for comment through Oct. 16.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Registration permits open Friday for Chugach mountain goats after drawing hunt falls short of quota

Chugach goat hunters who struck out in the drawing get another shot: Unit 14A registration permits open Friday after drawing hunters took just 7 of 12 goats.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Two Assembly members propose requiring voter signatures for Anchorage candidates to get on the ballot

Two Assembly members want Anchorage candidates to gather 50 or 250 voter signatures to get their names on the ballot. The proposal is just being introduced.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Online series helps families of youth with disabilities plan for adulthood

Families of young people with disabilities can get help planning for adult services in an online series that starts tonight and runs through April.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage proposal would reduce required election notices and shorten post-certification livestreaming

Two Assembly members propose cutting Anchorage's required newspaper election notices from two to one and letting the Election Center livestream end sooner.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

North Slope Borough mayor candidates clash over roads and litigation

Mayor Josiah Patkotak and challenger Harry Brower Jr. faced off ahead of the Oct. 6 North Slope Borough election. • Brower pushed for immediate road construction to cut costs. Patkotak touted $600 million in projects and a property tax waiver starting in 2027. • Both emphasized local control over oil and gas development and tackling drugs in villages.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Alaska Center's independent expenditure group spends about $27,900 on mailers for 10 legislative candidates

The Alaska Center's independent expenditure group spent about $27,900 on mailers for 10 legislative candidates, according to its latest state filing.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Troopers say driver fled at over 100 mph on Sterling Highway, switched seats before arrest

Troopers say a driver fled at over 100 mph on the Sterling Highway, took two PIT maneuvers to stop and swapped seats with his passenger just before the end.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Touchmark breaks ground on 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage

A private Oregon company broke ground on a 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage, with help from a city property tax break that can last up to 28 years.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage police seek man wanted on escape warrant after he left transitional housing

Anchorage police are looking for a 24-year-old man they say walked away from transitional housing Sept. 25. He's wanted on a felony escape warrant.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 25

Anchorage Assembly to hold hearing on keeping three advisory boards from dissolving

Three Anchorage advisory boards dissolve Oct. 14 unless the Assembly saves them. City auditors say keep all three, though notice and staffing need work.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 1

Anchorage Assembly to consider two Port of Alaska corrosion-protection contracts worth up to $2 million each

Salt water and steel don't mix. Two firms could each earn up to $2 million keeping the Port of Alaska's pilings and pipelines from rusting away.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 29

Alaska's SNAP work-requirement waiver ends Oct. 31, and the time limit already applies in Anchorage

Alaska's SNAP work-rule waiver ends Oct. 31, and Anchorage was never under it. Also: a letter from DPA doesn't mean you're losing your benefits.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage consent agenda carries $2.4 million in sludge hauling contracts

Two sludge hauling contracts worth up to $2.4 million with Around the Clock Pumping LLC, the lowest bidder on both routes, are on the Anchorage Assembly's consent agenda Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Hideout Lounge liquor license renewal goes to Assembly

The Assembly is set to wave through Al's Alaskan Inn and Hideout Lounge's liquor renewal Oct. 6. Its application lists 19 rooms, 5 kitchens and no dining room.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly consent agenda carries $1.57M more for West 32nd Avenue rebuild

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on committing $1.57 million more to rebuild West 32nd Avenue, though most of that money hinges on road bonds voters have not yet approved.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly to consider $511,190 grant to replace police mobile data computers

Anchorage police mobile data computers, the laptops in patrol cars, are due for an upgrade. The Assembly weighs a $511,190 federal grant Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Alaska Air National Guard merges two recruiting offices into one flight

Alaska Air National Guard merged its two separate recruiting offices into one flight in September, adding recruiters to cover the state's spread-out population.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 25

Senate sends Anchorage Quyana Clubhouse land transfer to president

Senate passed a bill transferring downtown Anchorage land to Southcentral Foundation so it can replace and expand the Quyana Clubhouse serving Alaska Native people with mental illness.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

ASRC Energy Services gets $13.9 million toward North Slope carbon storage hub planning

ASRC Energy Services received $13.9 million in federal funding to plan a North Slope carbon dioxide storage hub through 2028, with no construction decision or funding yet approved.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read

Richards and Kendall debate repealing Alaska's open primary, ranked choice voting and disclosure rules

Two Anchorage attorneys squared off over Ballot Measure 2, which would scrap open primaries, ranked choice voting and dark money rules. Voters decide Nov. 3.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Feds select Anchorage company to drill geothermal test well on Augustine volcano

The feds picked an Anchorage company to drill a geothermal test well on Augustine, the Cook Inlet volcano. Tapping a volcano for power: very Alaska.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 21