Anchorage Assembly

A fourplex would install no landscaping under this Anchorage ordinance

A builder putting four homes on an Anchorage lot would install no landscaped buffer under an ordinance up for public hearing Oct. 6.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage would trade away land it bought five years ago for $2.35 million

Anchorage would trade away land it paid $2.35 million to buy in 2021, before its own study of the site is finished and over a state objection.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage will weigh housing density, not just price, when it sells land

The Anchorage Assembly voted 11-0 to tell the city to weigh housing density and affordability, not just price, when it disposes of municipal land.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Fifteen Anchorage Assembly members will have their spending accounts examined in a 9-2 vote

Fifteen Anchorage Assembly members will have their $24,000 spending accounts examined. Nobody will be required to answer the findings in writing.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage had no ALS ambulance available about 70 times last year

Anchorage had no advanced life support ambulance available about 70 times in 2024, and no basic life support unit more than 315 times.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly takes up a $599,000 crime center purchase and surveillance limits

A $599,000 video wall for Anchorage's crime center returns to the Assembly Tuesday, alongside an ordinance that would write surveillance limits into city code.

by Alaska News2mo ago2 min read

Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025, state data show

Alaska's youth suicide rate reached a 10-year high in 2025. The Anchorage Assembly takes up a resolution Tuesday marking Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly weighs $305,000 more for South Goldenview road repairs

South Goldenview wants $305,000 for erosion repairs, the largest request yet from the Hillside neighborhoods that pay for their own roads.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage weighs $470,000 no-bid sale of Government Hill lot

Anchorage would sell Chugach a Government Hill lot for $470,000 without taking bids, about $49,000 under what a broker valued it at in June.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly to vote Sept. 1 on $6.7 million wastewater bleach contract with lone bidder

Anchorage Assembly votes Sept. 1 on a $6.7 million bleach contract with the only bidder, raising the price from $7.96 to $9.96 per gallon for wastewater disinfection.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

$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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Anchorage holds more property-appeal hearings, as hundreds of over-assessed homes get lower valuations

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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago4 min readFrom Aug 18

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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago3 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 2mo ago1 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 2mo 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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 AlaskaNews2mo 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 2mo ago3 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 AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 18

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 2mo ago1 min read

An Anchorage marijuana grower has to pay its back taxes before it can keep growing

An Anchorage marijuana grower owes the city about $12,761 in back taxes — and until it pays and passes an inspection, it can't fully renew its grow license.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage approves a Muldoon Road marijuana store, over a dispute about how close it sits to a playground

Anchorage approved a Muldoon Road marijuana store 8-3, over objections about how close it sits to a playground and whether a stricter state buffer applies.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage approves $40,000 to update Merrill Field's airport layout plan

Anchorage approved $40,000, almost all of it federal, to update Merrill Field's airport layout plan after new flight procedures changed what it must show.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly to mark Women's Equality Day tonight

For the first time, the Alaska House is majority woman, with 21 of 40 seats, a milestone an Anchorage resolution marks tonight on Women's Equality Day.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Eagle River hillside lot could lose the development limits set in 2002

Eagle River limits set in 2002 on a 34 percent slope would come off Tuesday. A neighbor says the storm drains there already ice over the intersection.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read