Municipality of Anchorage

A Muldoon pot shop divides the Assembly, with a former legislator and the chair for it and a council member against

A Muldoon Road pot shop drew a former legislator and the Assembly chair for it and a council member against, at a hearing carried over to Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read

A missing health certification is holding up the Homestead Lounge's liquor license transfer

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a conditional protest of a liquor license transfer at The Homestead Lounge in Eagle River, held up by a missing health certification.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A faulting cable under the Loussac Library would cost the city a permanent easement

Anchorage Assembly will vote Tuesday on letting Chugach Electric replace a failing power cable under Loussac Library at no cost to the city.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A Midtown hotel vacant since a 2019 fire seeks approval to serve alcohol

Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on a liquor permit for the Courtyard by Marriott Midtown on A Street, with no public opposition filed so far.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage commission backs Eagle River rezone over two neighbors' objections

Two Eagle River neighbors are fighting a rezone that would lift 2002 building limits on a lot they say floods and moose use. The Assembly hears it Sept. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min read

One rough winter tore up Hillside roads, and self-funded neighborhoods are footing the bill

One rough winter tore up a Hillside neighborhood's roads enough that its self-funded maintenance budget would nearly quintuple, and other areas want the same.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage planning commission approves Chugach substation rebuild over neighbor's objection

Anchorage planners approved Chugach Electric's Campbell Lake substation rebuild despite a neighbor's objection to transformers 25 feet from their home.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Follows: A Chugach substation rebuild draws a neighbor's concern over transformers near a home

Merrill Field gets nearly $954,000, mostly federal, to plan its future

Merrill Field would get nearly $954,000, mostly federal, to plan how the airport grows and update its layout, under two measures the Assembly takes up Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Girdwood's new parks plan rests partly on land the town doesn't clearly have the right to use

Anchorage's commission approved Girdwood's parks plan though parts sit on land the town hasn't secured: a lot on state ground and trails crossing the airport.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A planned Anchorage road would cut into a Hillside couple's yard — so the commission hit pause

A planned Hillside road would cut 45 feet into an Anchorage couple's yard and move their well, so the commission paused the design pending a fresh survey.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's Women's Commission is building a survey to ask women what matters most

Anchorage's Women's Commission is building a survey to ask women citywide what issues it should tackle, partly to measure unreported abuse.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage pushes for an emergency boat launch on Turnagain Arm after a drowning

After a drowning where rescuers had no way to launch a boat, Anchorage is pushing for federal money to build an emergency water-access point on Turnagain Arm.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago4 min read

Anchorage Assembly weights resolution would back JBER buildout as base housing nears full

Anchorage weighs committing to planning for a military buildup of up to 1,050 personnel, on a base whose family housing is already 98% full.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A Chugach substation rebuild draws a neighbor's concern over transformers near a home

A Chugach substation rebuild in south Anchorage draws a neighbor's concern over two nearby transformers, with a hearing before the planning commission Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Potter Drive designs test Anchorage guidance on in-street bike lanes

Anchorage planners will review four design options for Potter Drive that would add its first sidewalks and bike lanes, though two conflict with a city plan recommending a separated bikeway.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly meets six finalists for youth representative seat

Assembly Chair Anna Brawley will select one or more youth representatives from six high school finalists to cast non-binding votes on Assembly business from September through April.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage board vacates a Glen Alps public easement the city paid $130K to acquire

Anchorage's board gave a Glen Alps lot a public easement the city paid $130K for — over objections it's still access to big public land with few ways in.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage seeks 50 acres of JBER land for a waste-to-energy plant

Anchorage is asking Congress for about 50 acres of JBER land next to the landfill for a waste-to-energy plant, with the request riding in this year's defense bill.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

New law ties Anchorage's federal housing grant to how fast it builds

Anchorage's biggest federal housing grant will now rise or fall with how fast the city builds, raising the question of whether it'll be punished for constraints it can't control.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage union deals would sweeten benefits amid a labor shortage

Two union contracts before the Anchorage Assembly would sweeten benefits — rehire leave credit, easier holiday pay, master's tuition — for a labor shortage.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A Hillside road district taps its own savings to fix its own roads

A self-funded Hillside road district would draw $150,000 from its own reserve to fix its roads rather than raise assessments, one of two doing so this summer.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Who controls Chugach access spending: trail advocates or the neighborhoods next door?

Anchorage delayed creating a board to steer Chugach park-access spending, as neighborhoods and trail advocates split over who should control it. The Assembly decides Oct. 6.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly rejects investigation into member Martinez's travel, 5-6

Anchorage Assembly rejected an investigation into Assembly Member George Martinez's travel Tuesday, 5-6, after Vice Chair Daniel Volland switched his vote citing flaws in the accusation.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

The road to Bear Valley Elementary would narrow, and won't fix the jam

The road to Bear Valley Elementary already backs up at pickup, so the plan is to make it narrower — which, the project admits, won't fix the jam.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A Northwest think tank has ideas for Anchorage housing

A Seattle think tank that advocates for denser housing is recommending Anchorage zoning changes, one of which the city already adopted in 2025.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A protected Potter Marsh hillside faces access questions at an Aug. 10 hearing

A 303-acre hillside feeding Potter Marsh is permanently protected, so the debate now is over access — where trails and parking go, and which neighborhood streets take the traffic. A 20-year plan gets a hearing Aug. 10.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage school board bets its emergency reserve on money that may not come

The Anchorage School Board will vote Tuesday on spending nearly all its emergency reserve to reopen 45 positions, betting on state money that isn't guaranteed until Aug. 31.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly weighs 10-year tax break for condos above shops and offices

Anchorage weighs a 10-year property-tax break for buyers of new condos above shops to spur housing, but critics ask whether the price cap lets it build much.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Chugach seeks industrial zoning for its campus, dropping a buffer

Chugach wants to rezone its Anchorage North Campus to heavy industrial to match its use, dropping a green buffer meant for a highway that likely won't come.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage may let buyers own a detached home outright where condos are now the norm

Anchorage may let buyers own detached houses outright in more residential zones — a change aimed at helping people dodge the financing hurdles of buying a condo. The Assembly decides.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage weighs $1 million for nonprofits feeding and sheltering vulnerable residents

Anchorage votes Tuesday on just over $1 million for nonprofits providing food, emergency shelter and other essential services to the city's most vulnerable residents.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage moves to sell an old Government Hill fire station to Chugach Electric

Anchorage would sell the old Government Hill fire station to Chugach Electric for $470,000, no bidding, since Chugach already leases it for a communications tower.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage is considering expanding its surveillance network. The privacy rules are still a draft.

Anchorage votes Tuesday on $1.4M for police, including a surveillance center that logs cars, faces and movement — paid for with seized cash and federal money that never reaches the public budget, in the rare state whose constitution promises a right to privacy.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago3 min read

Anchorage would sell rights over its City Hall lot below appraisal

Anchorage would sell two private firms the right to keep part of the City Hall lot building-free — $80K under appraisal, for a downtown project not yet filed.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly recognizes four Eklutna youth interns for Elders meal program

Anchorage Assembly recognized four Eklutna youth interns who spent the summer harvesting salmon and moose for an Elders Freezer Meal program, then delivered meals to tribal Elders' homes.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Neighbors got the tower dropped from a south Anchorage substation rebuild

After a two-year fight, neighbors got Chugach to drop a 65-foot tower from a south Anchorage substation rebuild. A smaller fence-and-noise dispute is left.

by Melinda Communities.Newsadded 3mo ago1 min read

A year in, Anchorage's camping ordinance mostly moves people along, not into services

A year of Anchorage's camping ordinance: 89% of contacts end without arrest, but 890 of 962 people who complied left with no referral to services. The Assembly reviews it Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

A Muldoon pot shop clears the park buffer, by measuring to the playground

A Muldoon Road pot shop clears the park buffer because the city measures to the playground, not the park line, 734 feet. Neighbors object; the Assembly votes Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Anchorage police oversight proposal dies without a second

Anchorage's police oversight proposal, already stripped of any power to investigate, died Tuesday for lack of a second, leaving the city with no oversight body since 2024.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Anchorage wants a public board to steer its Chugach access money — and set qualifications for who runs it

Anchorage wants to turn the informal group steering its Chugach access tax money into a formal board with defined expertise — one that vets trailhead and road projects in public rather than privately.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read