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Anchorage tightens the rule on city workers' holiday pay
Anchorage is tightening its holiday-pay rule for city workers: miss any part of the shift before or after a holiday and you forfeit the pay. It hits six city unions, up for a July 21 vote.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage trades summer warmth for a cool, wet stretch
Anchorage is trading peak-summer warmth for a cool, wet stretch — near-60 highs, repeated rain into next week, and jacket weather at the low end of July's normal range.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage has become Russian shorthand for a disputed Ukraine understanding
Russia keeps calling the 2025 Anchorage summit the birthplace of a Ukraine peace deal. The U.S. says it produced a proposal, not an agreement.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage weighs $528,000 for addiction, homelessness, and disability care
Anchorage is set to accept ~$528,000 in grants for opioid treatment, homeless outreach, and disability services — the last one patching three years of state funding cuts.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider beer and wine permit for golf simulator on Old Seward Highway
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on beer and wine sales at Mulligan's golf simulator on Old Seward Highway, with the administration recommending approval.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
BLM's Campbell Tract replanting job is open only to women-owned firms
Want to grow 1,710 plants to heal a retired Campbell Tract trail? You'll need a women-owned firm — it's a federal set-aside. Quotes due July 24.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Ship Creek reopens to fishing Tuesday, but ADF&G bans king retention for rest of season
Ship Creek is back open after 11 days — just don't expect to keep a king, because retention's banned for the rest of the season.
by Bill AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
As federal wetland protections recede, Anchorage rewrites its own rules
After the Supreme Court pulled federal protection off more than half the nation's wetlands, their fate now falls to states and cities — and no state has more wetlands than Alaska.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage moves to allow homes on commercial land
Anchorage wants to let you build a house on commercial strip-mall land — the latest zoning tweak in its long slog toward 10,000 new homes.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage funded a program to fix 20 homes. It fixed one — and no one was penalized.
An Anchorage audit found a program paid to fix 20 homes fixed one, a shelter thousands of bed-nights short — and in three years the city never once made anyone pay for it.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage keeps deferring a public safety commission it can't agree on
Anchorage's proposed public safety commission got punted again — stuck on whether it should actually have power, what it would cost, and what problem it's even solving.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage relabels a top job, Falsey named city manager
Bill Falsey moved from CAO to municipal manager — less a shakeup than a relabeling, as Anchorage dissolves his old post and shifts a few reporting lines.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Wind Advisory: gusts to 65 mph forecast for Anchorage Tuesday
Wind Advisory in effect for Anchorage Tuesday, July 14, 4 AM to 10 PM, with gusts to 65 mph. Secure outdoor objects and expect difficult driving and possible power outages.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Fred Meyer owes Anchorage taxes, so its liquor licenses are on hold
The Anchorage Assembly froze liquor-license renewals at four Fred Meyer stores until the company pays outstanding city taxes, using the same tax lever it applies to any business behind on its bills.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Doyon wants to raise Fort Richardson water rates by nearly half
Doyon wants to hike Fort Richardson water rates by nearly 51 percent — and some JBER families would eat a wastewater increase on top of it. Comment by July 21.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A Tlingit artist crossed the border to teach Anchorage kids an ancient craft
A Tlingit artist traveled from British Columbia to Anchorage to teach kids the ancient art of bentwood box making — a watertight box bent from a single seamless plank.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Stalled disaster funds are now building 48 homes in Anchorage and Cordova
Nearly $7M in disaster-recovery money that sat idle after a stalled Habitat project is finally building 48 senior and family homes in Anchorage and Cordova.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage wetlands plan gets first update in over a decade as federal rules shift
Anchorage's wetlands permit rules changed in 2021 when federal oversight shifted, and the city's 2014 management plan is finally getting its first update to reflect that reality.
by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read
Fatal crash at Glenn Highway S Curves kills two, closes corridor Thursday morning
A Ford F150 crossed the median at Glenn Highway S Curves on Thursday morning, killing two drivers and sending a child to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
Fatal crash at Glenn Highway S Curves slows Anchorage commute Thursday
One person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the Glenn hwy.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission to weigh shop-house and self-storage ordinances
Anchorage's Planning and Zoning Commission will vote on making homes easier to build in commercial zones while restricting large parking lots and self-storage facilities.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage man held without bail after CSAM distribution investigation
Anchorage man held without bail on probation violations after Task Force Dawnbreaker investigation into child sexual abuse material distribution; additional charges expected.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly approves $750K True North grant after amendments fail and crisis-care dispute divides members
Anchorage Assembly approved a $750,000 grant to True North Recovery for a Fairview behavioral health facility after rejecting two amendments that would have required written limits on crisis care.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
Alaska's investment arm hands its director more power over public money
AIDEA gave its director a standing $4.5M fund and the power to pick which projects get vetted with public money — faster, but with less board and public visibility.
by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage board won't reopen a school it may not have fully closed
Anchorage School Board rejected a motion to reopen Campbell STEM Elementary with new state money, but revealed the school may not be legally closed yet, creating a potential opening for reversal.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage School Board balks at a $2.8M curriculum buy members hadn't seen
Anchorage School Board members got handed a $2.8M curriculum bill at a summer meeting and basically said: first we're hearing of it.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage won $191 million for the port that feeds Alaska
Anchorage won a record $191M from the federal government, all of it going to rebuild the port that brings in 90% of Alaska's food and fuel — and to keep those costs off Alaskans' bills.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly takes up repeal of 43-year Sullivan Arena ticket surcharge
Anchorage Assembly is considering repealing a 43-year-old ticket surcharge on Sullivan Arena events that collected $111,687 in one year.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider first-ever removal proceeding against Martinez
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on whether to remove East Anchorage member George Martinez over perjury, fraud, and disclosure violations, the first removal proceeding in municipal history.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Perjury counts detail Martinez's 63-minute Fort Lauderdale trip and evasive oath testimony
Anchorage Assembly Members filed criminal perjury charges against George Martinez over a 63-minute Fort Lauderdale trip funded by campaign money and testimony he gave under oath to state regulators.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Federal settlement sends $180 million to Port of Alaska modernization
Federal settlement sends $180 million to the Port of Alaska's $2.7 billion modernization program, reducing pressure for tariff increases that could raise fuel and grocery prices statewide.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on $460K for teen health, senior services
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on $460,000 in state grants for teen pregnancy prevention, senior navigation services, and case management at two public housing complexes.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Two Anchorage men charged in undercover sex trafficking operation
Alaska investigators arrested two Anchorage men on sex trafficking charges after an undercover operation June 30 and July 1.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
Tomodachi Daiko's Power of Drums concert lists $32 tickets despite early-bird label
Tomodachi Daiko's Power of Drums concert on Aug. 1 in Anchorage lists $32 tickets as an early-bird price that expired June 15, but at least one buyer paid that same price after the deadline.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage P&Z recommends rezoning 7.9 acres of port land to parks
Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission voted Monday to recommend rezoning 7.9 acres of port land from industrial to parks, clearing the way for the Assembly to make the final decision.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly asked to add $75K to Rabbit Creek road contract after heavy breakup damage
Anchorage Assembly will vote July 7 on adding $75,000 to a Rabbit Creek road maintenance contract after this winter's heavy breakup damaged roads faster than expected.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly to vote on $500K shelter contract increase as earlier amendments used Title 7 waivers
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a $500,000 shelter contract increase, bringing the total to nearly $4.93 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly to vote on health cost increase for operating engineers
Anchorage Assembly votes July 7 on raising the monthly health cost for operating engineers from $1,945 to $2,118 per employee, effective August 4.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage planners say 30-foot R-1 height cap would undermine housing overlay
Anchorage planners say a 30-foot height cap for R-1 zones would block three-story buildings the Missing Middle Housing overlay is meant to enable.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
Anchorage Assembly to weigh $3,000 grant for hard-to-adopt shelter animals
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a $3,000 grant to train hard-to-adopt shelter animals and reduce euthanasia risk.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read