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$5.5 million for Anchorage public health nurses, WIC and child care inspectors
The Anchorage Assembly takes up $5.5 million in state grants Tuesday for public health nurses, WIC clinics and child care inspections, without a hearing.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage legalized triplexes. Now it wants to drop their landscaping requirement
Anchorage legalized triplexes in 2023 and barely got any. Next it wants to drop their landscaping buffers, which some neighbors say screen the density.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage weighs a fiscal summit as property taxes carry the city
In 1982 the state covered 42 percent of Anchorage's operating costs. By 2024 it covered half a percent, and property taxes carried most of the rest.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage homeowners wanted every big assessment rechecked. They got a narrower fix
Anchorage homeowners who saw assessments jump as much as 40% asked for a do-over. Three Assembly members proposed one. The Assembly passed something smaller.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
ATF places $10 million more in supply orders with Anchorage's Bering Global Solutions
Bering Global Solutions, an Anchorage firm owned by an Alaska Native corporation, keeps a $10 million ATF contract after a federal appeals office rejected a rival's protest.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage wants $202,468 back from the owner of the Big Timber Motel it demolished
Anchorage spent $202,468 tearing down the Big Timber Motel after 14 years of code violations. Now it is trying to get the money back from the owner.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Cook Inlet Housing Authority asks Anchorage Assembly to make design-standard pause permanent
Anchorage paused its multifamily design rules in 2025. A housing developer wants the pause made permanent; neighborhood councils want it narrowed inste
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage's park rezone meets the Knik Arm bridge route
Anchorage wants a park where the state wants a bridge. The port land rezone is the newest round in a Knik Arm Crossing fight going back decades.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Abbott Loop rezone drew 223 notices and no comments; hearing is Oct. 6
Anchorage Assembly takes its first vote Tuesday on rezoning a 0.27-acre Abbott Loop lot to allow denser housing, shifting from five to eight dwelling units per acre.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
When the Memphis courthouse needs work, the government calls Anchorage
An Anchorage company owned by a Copper River village corporation has taken five federal orders at one Memphis courthouse this year, worth about $514,000.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
The Mental Health Trust granted Chugach an easement without saying what it charged
Chugach Electric won approval to bury power lines under Trust land at Community Park Loop, a move that will boost capacity for northeast Anchorage customers.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Tom Begich withdraws his campaign and endorses Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins
Tom announced he's withdrawing from the race for Governor and endorses JKT.
by Cale Green1mo ago3 min read
Anchorage wetlands commission faces Oct. 14 sunset unless Assembly reauthorizes it
Anchorage's wetlands commission disappears Oct. 14 unless the Assembly votes to keep it, just as its own recommended wetlands plan update moves forward.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to vote Sept. 1 on two $4 million AWWU on-call repair contracts
Two contractors would go on standby for Anchorage water and sewer emergencies for three years, at up to $4 million each, under contracts up Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
PFAS found in three Anchorage Bowl wells, one pulled from service
Anchorage Water & Wastewater Utility found PFAS in three groundwater wells, pulled one from service, and is seeking $4 million in emergency contracts for water system work.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage ordinance would drop 45-degree shelter trigger, raise site cap to 200
Anchorage would drop its automatic 45-degree shelter trigger, raise site limits to 200 and open rec centers, with one director deciding when shelter opens.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
An Anchorage restaurant is accused of employing 24 minors without permits
Twenty-four employees aged 13 to 17 are alleged to have worked at an Anchorage restaurant without work permits, in at least 1,279 violations.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage weighs surveillance rules 11 months after buying the system
Anchorage approved an $11.8 million surveillance system in 2025 and wrote no rules for it. The Assembly takes up those rules Tuesday, eleven months later.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago4 min read
Anchorage developer says fire lanes cost his 58-unit project 15 homes
Fire lane requirements cost an Anchorage developer 15 potential homes. The city faces pressure to ease building rules to meet housing goals.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Rules on remote Alaska communities' fishing quota return to council
Federal fishery managers revisit rules on how small, remote Alaska communities hold and trade halibut and sablefish quota, at an October meeting in Anchorage.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
New Potter Marsh boardwalk and ice-skating ramp open Saturday
Potter Marsh opens a 200-foot boardwalk, viewing platform, and ADA-accessible ice-skating ramp Saturday, Aug. 29, giving visitors a dedicated alternative to using narrow highway shoulders.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A course that usually means flying to the East Coast is coming to Anchorage
A hospital cleaning certification course usually held on the East Coast is coming to Anchorage in September, if 20 people sign up by Sept. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage officials pitch Assembly on Block 102-Tozier land swap for housing
Anchorage officials pitched a land swap to the Assembly Friday that could enable housing on two sites, but the vote covers only the exchange itself, not zoning or development deals.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly set to waive protest on six marijuana license renewals
Anchorage Assembly will waive objections to six marijuana license renewals for four businesses, clearing the way for state approval by September and October deadlines.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly designates Sept. 20 as LGBTQ Veterans Day
Anchorage Assembly designated Sept. 20 as LGBTQ Veterans Day, marking the anniversary of the 2011 repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly to take up $4.7 million grant to plan Port of Alaska fuel terminal replacement
Anchorage Assembly votes Sept. 1 on a $4.7 million federal grant to replace POL2, the fuel terminal damaged in 2018 that supplies half the port's capacity and virtually all fuel to JBER.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage elementary schools drop pre-packaged meals for traditional food service
Anchorage elementary schools have dropped pre-packaged meals. The district says more students are eating lunch but has not released the counts.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Planned Parenthood PAC registers for Fairbanks and Juneau municipal races
Planned Parenthood's Alaska political committee registered to spend in the Fairbanks and Juneau races. It named no candidates and reported no spending.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Port of Alaska seeks road realignment for Chugach Electric substation
Anchorage Platting Board will vote Wednesday on letting the Port of Alaska shift an unbuilt road so Chugach Electric can build a power substation on port land.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Ship Creek coho slowing as the six-fish limit stays through December
Ship Creek anglers can still keep six salmon a day, but the coho run behind that limit is winding down and the fish are getting harder to find.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage youth can apply for $1,000 to $5,000 climate project grants
Anchorage residents ages 15 to 24 can apply for $1,000 to $5,000 for local climate projects, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Applications close Oct. 18.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage weighs selling city land for housing by units built, not just the highest bid
Anchorage would rank housing density and affordability over sale price when selling city land, prioritizing multifamily projects and permanently affordable housing over highest bidder.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
An Anchorage firm fell to six employees and built itself back up
ASCI Federal Services fell from 125 employees to six, then rebuilt to nearly 50 and grew its annual revenue from $1.4 million to almost $8 million.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Wright and Dunleavy insist the Alaska LNG project is alive
At an Anchorage conference, the U.S. energy secretary and Gov. Dunleavy insisted the stalled Alaska LNG project is alive, pointing at different obstacles.
by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up
Anchorage may let its planning director redraw wetland maps as wetlands shift and dry up — a faster fix in a city with thousands of acres of wetlands.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage's new emergency plan still has no chapter for disease outbreaks
Anchorage's new emergency plan has no communicable disease appendix. The plan lists 34 changes; the memo to the Assembly itemizes none of them.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
NANA opens the Hunter Building with five subsidiaries under one roof
NANA opens the Hunter Building in Anchorage on Friday, bringing five subsidiaries under one roof. They will cut a length of qupak instead of a ribbon.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
In Anchorage, SNAP recipients now face work requirements
Anchorage SNAP recipients now have to meet federal work requirements, while the rest of Alaska is covered by a waiver through October 2026.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
UAA patents insulation grown from Alaska birch sawdust and a native fungus
A UAA team has patented insulation you can grow from Alaska birch sawdust and a native wild mushroom — a biodegradable answer to the foam that never rots.
by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Rural health transformation program set as keynote topic at Anchorage disability employment conference
Alaska's $272 million Rural Health Transformation Program will be the keynote topic at the Oct. 12-13 Employment First Conference in Anchorage, drawing employers and disability employment providers.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read