Municipality of Anchorage

Assembly to vote Wednesday on McDonald Center contract after audit's 11 findings

Eagle River's rink operator could get 10 more years at the McDonald Center, 10 months after a city audit listed 11 findings. The Assembly takes it up Wednesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly weighs just under $300,000 to help price a trash-burning power plant

The Anchorage Assembly may pay its only bidder just under $300,000 to help price a trash-burning power plant, on top of up to $700,000 it approved to design it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago3 min read

Follows: Anchorage Assembly to consider $700,000 to start designing trash-burning power plant

Assembly to weigh a helipad for military helicopters at the Port of Alaska

Anchorage's port could get its own helipad so Army and Air Force helicopters can deploy through it. The Assembly votes Wednesday on a deal worth up to $3.9M.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Anchorage has gone over a year without a traffic safety coordinator, report says

Anchorage's job for leading its push to cut traffic deaths has sat empty for over a year, a draft report says. Planners take it up Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Planners say Missing Middle overlay fits Anchorage's comprehensive plan

Anchorage planners say the Missing Middle overlay fits the city's comprehensive plan, a plan they also say contradicts itself. The Assembly gets the final word.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

AWWU headquarters would be named for longtime manager Mark Premo

Anchorage's water utility headquarters would be named for Mark Premo, who ran AWWU for 21 years. Employees lined the halls to applaud him out in 2011.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage police would get $113,318 to target distracted drivers on high-crash roads

Anchorage police would get $113,318 in state money to go after distracted drivers on roads where walkers and bikers get hit. The Assembly votes Wednesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Anchorage Assembly to take up renaming Eagle River Commons Park for homestead family

Eagle River's Commons Park could be renamed Pippel's Field Park, after the homestead family who farmed the land that's now downtown Eagle River.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Volland proposes a task force to streamline Anchorage permitting

Volland wants a task force of builders and others to streamline permitting. A builder says one permit took 9 months; some neighborhood groups want more review.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

East Anchorage Assembly member proposes free People Mover rides for enrolled students 18 and older

An East Anchorage Assembly member wants students who've turned 18 to keep riding People Mover free. Fares covered about a tenth of bus costs in 2024.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly leaders propose keeping multifamily design rules on hold through 2035

Anchorage Assembly leaders want to keep design rules for new apartments and townhouses on hold through 2035, more than seven years past the current end date.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly returns Wednesday to unfinished police surveillance rules

The Anchorage Assembly tries again Wednesday to finish its police surveillance rules. The ACLU and a handful of residents want tighter limits.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly set to OK liquor renewals for 13 businesses, hold two

Humpy's, the Buckaroo Club and 11 others go to the Assembly Wednesday. The Crazy Horse and Eagle River Alehouse could be held over fire and tax issues.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Nearly eight years after the quake, FEMA is still funding Anchorage school repairs

Nearly eight years after the 2018 quake, FEMA is still funding Anchorage school repairs. It has committed $41.7 million, and most projects are still open.

by Walter AlaskaNews1w ago2 min read

Follows: Nearly 8 years after the quake, FEMA closes out repairs at two Mat-Su parks

Perez-Verdia proposes a police committee he'd chair as surveillance rules return

Kameron Perez-Verdia wants a yearlong committee he'd chair to study which surveillance rules belong in code. It's up the night the Assembly takes them up.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Anchorage Assembly set to honor veterans and Purple Heart recipients in November

The Anchorage Assembly is set Wednesday to recognize Veterans Day and Purple Heart Month. About 1 in 10 Alaskans has served, its resolution notes.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage's new Muni.org is live, but some old links now lead nowhere

Anchorage swapped its early-2000s Muni.org for a phone-friendly redesign Friday. It's paid the builder about $44,000 so far. Some old links now lead nowhere.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Muldoon pot shop's renewal file holds state citations and a glass allegation

A Muldoon pot shop up for renewal was cited this year over inventory tracking and over-limit sales. A former worker also alleged glass got into joints.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage police kill man in Huffman area, saying he fired a gun during a struggle

An Anchorage officer killed a man in the Huffman area after police say he fired a gun while struggling with another officer. It's APD's account.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Girdwood's new park pavilion could be named for longtime resident John Trautner

Girdwood's new park pavilion may be named for John Trautner, a former fire chief and Texaco owner who came to Alaska in 1953. The Assembly takes it up Nov. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage homes can now be framed with lumber graded at Alaska sawmills

Anchorage builders can now frame homes with Alaska wood graded by the sawmill that cut it, an alternative to stamped lumber from Canada and the Northwest.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Assembly hears proposal Nov. 4 that would make candidates disclose property tax exemptions

Under Martinez's proposal, Anchorage candidates would have to say where they claimed a residential tax exemption. The Assembly holds a hearing Nov. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Assembly to vote on $12,200 more for Loussac theater's sound and video upgrade

Anchorage's library wants $12,200 more to finish upgrading the Wilda Marston Theatre's sound and video, which the city says has reached the end of its life.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly to weigh $587,000 contract for Creekside Park paths and playground

Kids from nearby schools helped pick Creekside Park's new playground. The Anchorage Assembly votes Nov. 4 on a $587,000 contract for it and new paths.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage Assembly members propose mandatory jail for repeat public intoxication

Two Anchorage Assembly members want mandatory jail for repeat public intoxication and minimum sentences for drug possession, with a treatment off-ramp.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage developers still build parking without a mandate, planners say

Anchorage stopped requiring parking in 2022. Developers kept building it anyway, mostly about as much as before, a city Planning Department memo says.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Assembly resumes hearing Nov. 4 on nine-seat Chugach park access board

The Anchorage Assembly ran out of time Oct. 20 on its Chugach park access board. The hearing on the latest, nine-seat version now resumes Nov. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage Assembly takes up rewritten Chugach access board plan Tuesday

Anchorage Assembly may hold the Crazy Horse's liquor renewal until fire officials sign off

The Assembly may hold up the Crazy Horse's liquor renewal until the fire department signs off on the Gambell Street club, in a building dating to 1955.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Rabbit Creek council asks Assembly to limit AI use of police plate-reader data

Rabbit Creek's community council voted 17-0 to ask the Assembly to rein in how AI handles police plate-reader data in the city's surveillance rules.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Two men wounded in early Wednesday shooting on Anchorage's Pine Street; no arrests

Two men were shot early Wednesday in the 800 block of Pine Street in Anchorage. Both survived with non-life-threatening injuries, and no arrests have been made.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Anchorage Assembly takes up rezone for 44 townhomes sitting on land zoned for shops

Forty-four Anchorage townhomes sit on land zoned for shops and offices. The Assembly takes up a fix Nov. 4. The city says no one objected, but one neighbor did.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Chugach Electric asks Anchorage to zone its Third Avenue utility yard heavy industrial

Chugach Electric wants its 60-year-old utility yard near Third and Post zoned heavy industrial, which would erase a greenway marking. The hearing is Dec. 1.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Assembly takes up industrial rezone for an equipment yard on Laurel Acres wetland lot

A company wants to put an equipment yard on a Laurel Acres lot a city planner says is almost all wetlands. The Assembly takes up the rezone Nov. 4.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage police would get state money to go after street racers and impaired drivers

Anchorage street racers, take note: the Assembly votes Nov. 4 on $2.5 million in state grants paying police to chase racers, speeders and impaired drivers.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage police ask for help finding Jess Rush, 65, last seen on Lake Otis Parkway

Anchorage police seek help finding Jess Rush, 65, last seen walking Lake Otis Parkway near Oak Street. He wore a black coat and pants. Call APD at 907-786-8900.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Anchorage water utility seeks up to $675,000 for an expert witness in rate cases

Anchorage's water utility wants up to $675,000 for an expert to argue the return built into your bill. Its manager says rate case costs land on customers.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Health director says audit fixes are in place as follow-up work continues

Anchorage's health director says the fixes promised after a block grant audit are in place. Officials said follow-up on several findings is still in the works.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago3 min read

Anchorage man charged with possessing child sexual abuse material

A 38-year-old Anchorage man was charged last week with possessing child sexual abuse material. Palmer police say they arrested him with APD's help.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read

Company asks Anchorage to rezone six lots off Abbott Road for business

Arlon LLC wants six lots near Abbott Road rezoned for business, on a block Anchorage has been turning commercial just one or two lots at a time.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago2 min read

Anchorage police seek missing 10-year-old twins last seen near East Northern Lights

Anchorage police are searching for missing 10 year old twins Josiah and Joshua Wright, last seen near East Northern Lights Boulevard Monday. Anyone with information is asked to call Dispatch at 311.

by Walter AlaskaNews2w ago1 min read