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Anchorage's own campground isn't allowed under its park zoning
Anchorage's 84-site Centennial campground isn't permitted under the city's own park zoning. A proposed fix would legalize what's already there.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Anchorage teachers say losing building subs cost them prep time and safety
Anchorage teachers told the school board what losing building subs cost them. The board restored $3.7 million — without promising the subs come back.
by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read
Spend $3 million on students now, or save it for next year's hole
Anchorage's school board is deciding whether to spend $3 million on tutoring and staff this year or bank it against a deficit projected above $45 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Alaska is taking bids to make its own Made in Alaska merchandise
Alaska is taking bids to make its own Made in Alaska merchandise. The cap is $15,000, and the permit is only required by the time bids close.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min read
Appeals court orders dismissal of family's suit over Anchorage police shooting of Kristopher Handy
A federal appeals court ordered dismissal of the Handy family's lawsuit, ruling the four Anchorage police officers who killed Kristopher Handy in May 2024 are protected by qualified immunity.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Anchorage adds behavioral health care to its WIC program
Anchorage will place a behavioral health provider in its WIC program after a survey found many low-income mothers reporting anxiety, depression and hunger.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Anchorage planners ask commission to triple setback threshold director can approve alone
Anchorage wants to triple what its planning director can approve alone, letting more setback encroachments skip the public hearing that now takes months.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage approves a bigger paved lot at the Basher Trailhead
Anchorage approved replacing the Basher Trailhead's 16-space gravel lot with a paved 52-space one, ending a year-long fight over its size.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage weighs making its 49 neighborhood plans advisory only
Anchorage's 49 neighborhood plans carry the force of law today. The Assembly wants to know if they should just be advice — 70% have never been updated.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage named a day for Dolly Parton three weeks after her death
Anchorage kids get more than 73,000 free books a year in the mail. The Assembly named Sept. 25 for the woman behind it, three weeks after her death.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Anchorage's new-home tax break would reach pricier houses under a revision
Anchorage's proposed tax break for first-time buyers of new homes would reach pricier houses under a revised version up Tuesday, ending a cutoff at the average.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Students wait for the bus on the shoulder of Rabbit Creek Road
Kids wait for school buses on the shoulder of Rabbit Creek Road, where traffic runs 52 in a 45. The state is studying whether to build them a path.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1w ago2 min read
A Wainwright corporation will sweep Energy Department offices for bugs
A Wainwright village corporation's subsidiary will sweep Energy Department offices for hidden microphones and cameras, under a $2.35 million contract.
by Melinda Communities.News2w ago1 min read
APD's new drone notice leaves annual-report questions unanswered
APD disclosed a drone at Sunday's standoff, but the five-line notice leaves the warrant and footage questions missing from its annual report
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Anchorage can build housing with this grant now. Residents asked for teardowns
Congress just let Anchorage spend block grant money on new housing for the first time in 50 years. The residents who showed up asked for demolitions.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage put $100,000 into five public art projects, Hillside mural among them
Anchorage is putting $100,000 into five public art projects, including a Hillside mural its arts commission ranked first among eight applicants.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Anchorage seeks ideas for its Darwin sister-city partnership
Anchorage residents can suggest what the city should do with Darwin, Australia, its sister city since 1982. Ideas are due to the commission by Sept. 30.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
A Merrill Field WWII memorial crumbles with no one responsible
A WWII memorial at Merrill Field is cracking and dark, repairs run about $100,000, and the only money in sight is a $17,000 grant meant for something else.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage assessment appeals hit a record, and the board filled up to cope
Anchorage owners filed a record 1,990 assessment appeals this year, quadruple last year's, and the board filled every seat for the first time in 20 years.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
The court found an obvious error in his commitment and upheld it anyway
Alaska's Supreme Court found an obvious error in a homeless man's commitment and upheld it anyway. The ruling came two and a half years after he was released.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read
Anchorage police shoot carjacking suspect after East 37th Avenue standoff
Anchorage police say the man officers shot on East 37th Avenue had, hours earlier, pistol-whipped an older man unconscious and stolen his truck.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage coded most sampled spending to the wrong account, audit finds
Anchorage miscoded 72% of sampled spending, an audit found — because nobody ever wrote down what the city's accounting categories actually mean.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
South Anchorage council asks state and city for interim school-route safety projects
Fifteen pedestrians were killed on Alaska roads last year, the highest rate in a decade. One Anchorage council is asking for whatever can be done fast.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Wind gusts to 50 mph are coming, and the trees still have their leaves
Wind gusts to 50 mph hit Anchorage from Tuesday morning through Wednesday. The trees still have their leaves, which is how the outages happen.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Anchorage police report eighth officer-involved shooting of 2026 in two sentences
An Anchorage officer was in a shooting on East 37th Avenue, and the department's entire account is two sentences that don't say whether anyone was hit.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
A Seattle union gave its Alaska committee $500,000. It's spent $8,000 of it in cash.
A Seattle union gave its Alaska committee $500,000 to back Kreiss-Tomkins and six House candidates — and it's spent just $8,000 of it in cash.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Mayor's substitute puts Anchorage's surveillance network before the Assembly Tuesday
Anchorage assembled cameras, drones, plate readers and commercial-data tools before writing enforceable rules for how police may use them.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago9 min read
Koniag subsidiaries now staff federal offices in Virginia and Oklahoma
Koniag subsidiaries are staffing federal back offices in Virginia and Oklahoma, including the office that processes Native patients' outside medical bills.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Assembly members seek equal vote on joint school rightsizing panel
Three Anchorage Assembly members want a real vote on how the city closes schools, not the non-voting seat the School Board offered, as consolidation looms.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage commission weighs 12.5 acres of heavy-industrial rezoning
Anchorage's planning commission will consider recommending that the Assembly rezone 12.5 acres to heavy industrial.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
The hockey association runs Anchorage's city rinks now, for $10 a year
The hockey association took over Anchorage's two city rinks in June for $10 a year. The old operator owed $360,000. The first big repair bill is Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
The Port of Alaska's terminal design contract is up 50 percent and rising again
The Port of Alaska's Terminal 1 design contract is up 50 percent from 2023. Every year I got to come back for more, the port director says.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
An Anchorage officer killed a woman downtown, by the department's account
An Anchorage officer shot and killed a woman at a downtown apartment Aug. 18. The account comes almost entirely from the police chief.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Anchorage grant would keep HIV testing and outreach going through 2027
A $114,470 state grant on the Anchorage Assembly's agenda would keep the city's offsite HIV education, counseling and testing running through June 2027.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read
Landmine publisher takes copyright-strike complaint against APD to Assembly Tuesday
Alaska Landmine publisher Jeff Landfield asked the Anchorage Assembly to address an APD copyright strike that temporarily removed a video critical of Police Chief Sean Case from Facebook.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2w ago2 min read
Anchorage's Assembly voted to review fewer contracts. August shows what that means
Anchorage's Assembly voted last year to stop reviewing most city contracts. August shows what that means: 24 awards, a $450,000 paving job among them, no votes.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage owns an aging arts center, and repairs keep outpacing the budget
A heating repair at Anchorage's city-owned performing arts center is running 71 percent over the budget the Assembly set for it back in May.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
An inspector cited Anchorage's ice rinks for safety valves a decade old
Safety valves at Anchorage's two city ice rinks were due for replacement five years ago. An inspector noticed. The fix is inside a $936,000 repair bill.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
Anchorage's port cargo surcharge nearly triples to fund a rebuild
The surcharge on cargo through Anchorage's port nearly triples Jan. 1, the first step in paying for a $2 billion rebuild, and could hit $70 a ton by 2033.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read
18 condo units draw 46 percent of Anchorage's housing tax exemptions, report says
Eighteen single condominium units took 46 percent of Anchorage's housing tax exemptions this year, qualifying for a four-or-more-unit incentive through common ownership of one parent parcel.
by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read