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Alaska's transmission tariff would grandfather 11 existing agreements
Alaska created a body to end the tolls utilities charge each other for moving power. Its plan would leave 11 existing agreements in place indefinitely.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Chugach wants another cent for the gas it sells to itself
Chugach wants to raise the price it charges itself for its own gas to $8.14. It was $2.73 in early 2021, and surcharges are driving the climb.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage's drone report leaves out the one thing the code requires
Anchorage police have flown drones hundreds of times since 2022. City code says the report must note search warrants. The report has no warrant column.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
The Anchorage Assembly may audit every member's spending
The Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on auditing every member spending account back to 2023. The review seeks to identify potential inconsistencies in how members use their annual budgets.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A tiny Copper River village corporation is quietly renovating federal courthouses across Tennessee
A company owned by tiny Chitina Native Corporation, from a Copper River dipnetting town of about 260 shareholders, is racking up federal courthouse renovation jobs across Tennessee.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
A $1.5 billion Seward Highway rebuild goes to public comment Sept. 22
The state wants to rebuild 20 miles of the Seward Highway as a four-lane divided road for more than $1.5 billion. Public comment opens Sept. 22.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage's school board says closures won't fix the budget; residents aren't so sure
Anchorage's school board says closing schools won't fix its budget — even as most residents, by the district's own survey, favor consolidation.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A man was found dead with injuries in East Anchorage, and police are investigating
Anchorage police found a man dead with injuries to his upper body early Wednesday in East Anchorage, and investigators are handling the case.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage permits more housing than last year, but from a near-record low
Anchorage permitted more housing this year than in 2024 or 2025, the mayor says — but those were near-record lows, still far below its 1,000-a-year target.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly set to waive protest of Serrano's liquor license renewal
Serrano's Mexican Grill on East Tudor Road is set to renew its liquor license with no objections, as the Anchorage Assembly waives its right to protest.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
YMCA child weight program starts Sept. 8; a parent must attend all 25 sessions
An Anchorage YMCA program requires a parent at all 25 sessions, and the last half hour each night is the children teaching back what they learned.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage's proposed tax break caps at $497,000. New homes average $750,000.
A first-time buyer of a new Anchorage home could skip property tax for 10 years, if it sells under about $497,000. New builds average near $750,000.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage moves to clarify its wetlands permitting, though some say it doesn't go far enough
Anchorage is moving to clarify how property owners navigate wetlands permitting after the feds stopped issuing blanket permits, though some say gaps remain.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage's next park would sit on the Knik Arm bridge route it has long fought
A cleaned-up fuel depot above the Port of Alaska could become a park — on the route of a Knik Arm bridge the state wants and Anchorage has long fought.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A young weaver 3D-printed his own form to make a cedar bark hat
A Bartlett High grad wove himself a cedar bark hat using a form he designed and 3D-printed at a tribal lab — work that led to an internship and a paid job.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A state grant would keep TB screening running at Anchorage homeless shelters
A $2.77 million grant before the Anchorage Assembly would keep public health nurses screening for TB at shelters — the clearance many people need to get in.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
It's going to be a windy one across Anchorage and Turnagain Arm on Tuesday
It's a windy one around Anchorage on Tuesday — gusts of 40 to 50 mph on the Hillside and Turnagain Arm, with a stronger system due late in the week.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage weighs a $6.7 million bleach contract for its wastewater
Anchorage may spend up to $6.7 million on bleach to disinfect wastewater it discharges into Cook Inlet under a treatment waiver that expired 20 years ago.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
The Anchorage Assembly recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month
The Anchorage Assembly recognized September as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. The region including Anchorage has Alaska's highest number of suicide deaths.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
An Anchorage housing provider gets another year of federal help for disabled renters
Andrew Housing Co. in Anchorage received $132,800 from HUD to help house very-low-income renters with disabilities, part of a $184,392 total in federal housing awards posted this week.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage set to get $3 million to expand its crisis-response system
Anchorage is set to get about $3 million to expand its mental-health and addiction crisis teams, add assisted-living beds and start mobile opioid treatment.
by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage businesswoman gets 3.8 years for nearly $1 million in COVID relief fraud
An Anchorage businesswoman spent nearly $1 million in COVID relief meant for struggling businesses on herself. Now she's headed to federal prison for 3.8 years.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage would drop landscaping buffers for three- and four-unit homes
Anchorage would drop landscaping buffer requirements for three- and four-unit homes. The current rule calls for a 15-foot planting bed with trees and shrubs.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage may have paid the state's traffic-signal power bill for 20 years
For 20 years, Anchorage never tracked the power cost for state-owned traffic signals, so it may have covered the state's share. Auditors flagged it before.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read
Volunteers will build naloxone kits in Anchorage on Overdose Awareness Day
Volunteers will build naloxone kits in Anchorage on Aug. 31. Alaska recorded 238 opioid overdose deaths last year, down from 276 the year before.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage considers naming Northeast Connector Trail after Karen Bronga
Anchorage's naming commission will weigh renaming a Centennial Park trail for Karen Bronga, a former Assembly member killed last month, at a Sept. 9 hearing.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage wildfire mitigation would be paid for citywide, researchers say
UA researchers will recommend all of Anchorage pay for wildfire mitigation, not just high-risk neighborhoods. Their full report is due in October.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Bering Strait Native corporation will staff anti-trafficking work for the State Department
A Bering Straits Native Corporation subsidiary won a State Department contract to staff anti-trafficking work, supporting its 8,200+ Native shareholders.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min read
Alaska lawmakers weigh whether to keep boards licensing dentists and barbers
Alaska lawmakers are weighing whether to keep the boards licensing dentists, chiropractors and barbers, and released the audits that will guide that call.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage police ask cardholders to check statements in tap-to-pay fraud case
Anchorage police want cardholders checking four date ranges for charges they didn't make. For the July charges, the 60-day dispute window closes in September.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Driver kills Anchorage pedestrian at Seward Highway and Benson Boulevard, flees scene
A woman was killed by a driver who did not stop, at Seward Highway and Benson early Saturday. Her name is being withheld until family is notified.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage police detail the limits on their Real-Time Crime Center
Anchorage police will delete license plate reader data after 14 days and limit searches to fewer than 10 employees, Police Chief Sean Case said.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly committees would consolidate under a draft from the Rules chair
Anchorage Assembly committees would consolidate and meet less often under the Rules chair's draft. Members have said the current load is too many hours.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
As a crime center vote nears, Anchorage weighs whether its privacy limits should be policy or law
Anchorage votes Sept. 1 on $600K for its police crime center. The chief says it adds no surveillance; a pending ordinance would put its privacy limits into law.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago3 min read
A Copper River village corporation is fixing federal buildings in Tennessee
A company owned by 260 shareholders from a Copper River village is painting judges' chambers in Memphis and fixing a fire pump in Jackson, Tennessee.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
AFN gives delegates another week to file convention resolutions
AFN gave delegates another week to file convention resolutions, now due Aug. 28. Divisive issues go to the Board rather than to the delegates.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
An Anchorage supplier shrank to six employees, and now it stocks federal Alaska
The Anchorage company filling federal orders for pens and clipboards had six employees in mid-2022. It now holds GSA and Navy work worth tens of millions.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage holds more property-appeal hearings, as hundreds of over-assessed homes get lower valuations
Anchorage holds six more property-appeal hearings next week, as about 660 over-assessed homes get lower valuations and the appeals board nearly doubles.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A group backing Begich for governor has spent nothing, with a website waiting for the general election
A new outside group backing Tom Begich for governor has spent nothing so far, its only financial trace a $1,116 debt for a website that wasn't even live yet.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage keeps blowing past overtime budgets stuck on a 2010 baseline
Anchorage's police, fire and transit overtime again ran over budget, largely because the budgeted amounts still rest on an unadjusted 2010 baseline.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 1mo ago1 min read