Largest local government in Alaska, covering 1,961 square miles from Girdwood to Eklutna. A unified home-rule municipality combining city and borough powers over a population of roughly 290,000.
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Week of Sep 28
Anchorage ordinance would have boards write their own pre-sunset reports
Anchorage Assembly will consider letting boards write their own sunset reports instead of the Office of Internal Audit, due 90 days before their terms expire.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider Disability Employment Awareness Month resolution
The Anchorage Assembly is scheduled to consider a resolution on Oct. 6 recognizing October as Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Alaska Work Matters Task Force has separately reported lower employment among Alaskans with disabilities.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage plan narrows road service area seats on Chugach board
Anchorage Assembly narrowed who can fill two Chugach State Park access board seats to current or former road board supervisors instead of any road service area resident.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly takes up Chugiak senior housing lease extension to 2094
A Chugiak senior group wants until 2094 on its city land lease to build about 60 affordable apartments. Without a change, the lease ends this month.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage mayor proposes 2027 budget that relies on one-time money, warns of 2028 fiscal cliff
Anchorage's mayor proposed a 2027 budget that plugs a $15 million hole mostly with one-time money, and she says the city hits a fiscal cliff in 2028.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Revised APD drone report adds required warrant data, showing warrants for about one in four flights
APD's revised drone report includes the warrant info city code requires: about one in four of 500-plus flights had one. Most others cite exceptions.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago5 min read
January count finds downtown Anchorage street parking peaked at about a third full
Can't find parking downtown? A city count found Anchorage's downtown street parking only about a third full at its busiest, at least on two winter weekdays.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider permanent mayoral emergency power for disasters outside the city
Last fall Anchorage needed a special emergency law to help Western Alaska storm evacuees. An ordinance up Tuesday would make that power permanent.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Handeland proposes electing most Anchorage School Board members by district
An Assembly member wants Anchorage to elect most School Board members by district, saying some parts of town have gone years without a member.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Montessori school's September repairs top yearly budget as child care fund grants face cuts
One break-in and a fire inspection blew through an Anchorage Montessori school's yearly repair budget in a month. The city fund that helps is facing cuts.
by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read
Cuddy Park skating project left out of Anchorage's draft six-year capital plan
Skaters say they have $1 million lined up for a Cuddy Park facility, but the park isn't in Anchorage's draft capital plan. The Assembly could still add it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage staff recommend denying most of Girdwood owner's plan to build in stream buffer
A Girdwood owner wants to rebuild a house and add a garage, rental unit and bridge in a protected stream buffer. City staff say no to most of it.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider $2.2 million more for surge beds at two homeless shelters
Anchorage may add about $2.2 million to two shelter contracts to cover extra winter beds at Linda's Place and the E. 56th Avenue shelter. Assembly votes Oct. 6.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider $1.7 million to design fix for Girdwood's drinking water well
Girdwood's main drinking water well lets surface water in, so it needs a treatment fix. The Assembly may add $1.7 million to design it Oct. 6.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Four men shot on Spenard Road were walking when someone fired, police say
Four men shot on Spenard Road early Sept. 26 with non-life-threatening injuries. • A fifth man shot on C Street Sept. 29 with life-threatening wounds. • No arrests made in either case.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Man suffers life-threatening wounds in Anchorage C Street shooting
A man was shot multiple times Tuesday night in downtown Anchorage and has life-threatening injuries. No arrest yet, and police are asking for tips.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
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About Municipality of Anchorage
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The Municipality of Anchorage is the unified home rule government that combines city and borough powers for Anchorage, from Girdwood to Eklutna. It is led by a mayor and an elected Assembly, which adopts ordinances, approves contracts and confirms appointments to city boards.
The Municipality runs the Anchorage Police Department, the Anchorage Fire Department, public works, planning and the Loussac Library. Recurring questions concern zoning and housing density rules, police practices and surveillance rules, traffic safety, and the replacement of aging equipment and facilities.
Its boards and commissions, among them the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Equal Rights Commission, are filled by mayoral appointment with Assembly confirmation. Communities within its boundaries, including Eagle River, Chugiak and Girdwood, have their own road contracts and reserves that the Assembly approves.
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Anchorage Assembly to consider $15,000 donation for police program steering people to treatment
Anchorage police could get $15,000 to train staff who steer people toward treatment instead of jail. The Assembly takes up the donation Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage sets Oct. 28 open house on Eklutna pumped storage options
Anchorage holds an open house Oct. 28 on two dam designs for Eklutna Lake, where the city gets 90 percent of its drinking water and faces a 2027 deadline on pumped storage.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage child care fund board asks LaFrance to move pre-K money off cannabis tax
Anchorage's marijuana-tax child care board wants ASD preschool and an early literacy program off its tab next year. The rollover cash that covered them is gone.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom 
Anchorage Platting Board to consider combining industrial lots and vacating unused rail easement
An industrial lot in South Anchorage wants to shed a railroad easement that never saw a train and some extra street. The Platting Board takes it up Oct. 7.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage names police Lt. Brian Fuchs municipal Employee of the Year
Anchorage police Lt. Brian Fuchs won Employee of the Year for leading homeless outreach units that answered 3,300 crisis calls and cut unsheltered homelessness by nearly 30%.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Two Assembly members propose requiring voter signatures for Anchorage candidates to get on the ballot
Two Assembly members want Anchorage candidates to gather 50 or 250 voter signatures to get their names on the ballot. The proposal is just being introduced.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage proposal would reduce required election notices and shorten post-certification livestreaming
Two Assembly members propose cutting Anchorage's required newspaper election notices from two to one and letting the Election Center livestream end sooner.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Touchmark breaks ground on 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage
A private Oregon company broke ground on a 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage, with help from a city property tax break that can last up to 28 years.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage police seek man wanted on escape warrant after he left transitional housing
Anchorage police are looking for a 24-year-old man they say walked away from transitional housing Sept. 25. He's wanted on a felony escape warrant.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Anchorage Assembly to hold hearing on keeping three advisory boards from dissolving
Three Anchorage advisory boards dissolve Oct. 14 unless the Assembly saves them. City auditors say keep all three, though notice and staffing need work.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom 
Anchorage Assembly to consider two Port of Alaska corrosion-protection contracts worth up to $2 million each
Salt water and steel don't mix. Two firms could each earn up to $2 million keeping the Port of Alaska's pilings and pipelines from rusting away.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Anchorage consent agenda carries $2.4 million in sludge hauling contracts
Two sludge hauling contracts worth up to $2.4 million with Around the Clock Pumping LLC, the lowest bidder on both routes, are on the Anchorage Assembly's consent agenda Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly consent agenda carries $1.57M more for West 32nd Avenue rebuild
Anchorage Assembly votes Tuesday on committing $1.57 million more to rebuild West 32nd Avenue, though most of that money hinges on road bonds voters have not yet approved.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly to consider $511,190 grant to replace police mobile data computers
Anchorage police mobile data computers, the laptops in patrol cars, are due for an upgrade. The Assembly weighs a $511,190 federal grant Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage transit advisory board asks for more city money for AnchorRIDES and bus drivers
Anchorage's transit advisory board wants more city money for AnchorRIDES and five more bus drivers. It didn't say how much, and the Assembly isn't voting yet.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Anchorage Assembly to consider road maintenance contract for Section 6/Campbell Airstrip area
The Anchorage Assembly will weigh a road maintenance deal for the Section 6/Campbell Airstrip area. The only bidder: Northern Gravel & Trucking.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom 
Week of Sep 21
Anchorage Assembly member and budget commission chair to hold spending forum Oct. 27
An Assembly member and the city's budget commission chair take questions on Anchorage spending at a D Street bar. The topic: is there really a fiscal cliff?
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage police arrest woman on evidence tampering charge in Kaitlyn Kaganak death investigation
Anchorage police arrested a woman on evidence tampering and corpse misconduct charges in the case of Kaitlyn Kaganak, found dead at Basher Trailhead.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Warrant rule for sharing police camera data splits Anchorage Assembly surveillance drafts
Anchorage Assembly debates whether outside agencies need a warrant before police share Real Time Crime Center data, with one version requiring warrants for inter-agency sharing and the other allowing broader data sharing for law enforcement purposes.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
None of Anchorage's district projects got state money this year, city tells Assembly committee
Anchorage asked the state for neighborhood projects and got none. The port got $15 million. Now the city starts its 2027 wish list, due by Dec. 10.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Anchorage police officers now must intervene when a colleague uses improper force
Anchorage police say they've acted on 48 of 52 outside recommendations on use of force, but allow one pursuit tactic at higher speeds than reviewers advised.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Anchorage work session leaves Chugach park access costs unresolved
Anchorage Bowl taxpayers chip in for Hillside park roads. Whether Hillside chips in for Bowl roads is a question the Assembly's slides raised and left hanging.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Anchorage commission backs code change so Centennial campground and Russian Jack greenhouse fit park zoning
Anchorage's own campground and greenhouse don't fit its new park zoning. A commission voted to change the code so the parks can be zoned as parks.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
Police are searching for two missing teenagers in Anchorage and Wasilla
Anchorage police are searching for two missing teenagers: Sparrow Kowatch, 16, missing since Sept. 19, and Jay Moriwaki, 13, last seen Wednesday night.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read