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.
Anchorage, AK, USA
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Speaker C
“the very drafty version that you're seeing here with a bunch of notes and kind of fill this in is a first pass at doing this from myself, Mr. Boland, and Ms. Baldwin-Day, who has joined us as the third member on this committee. But this— the goal is not that this coming from three of us, it's from all of us.”Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee-of-the-Whole · Jun 18, 2026
Speaker C
“last year we passed this in September. We know that's pretty late. In terms of kind of when some kind of guidance like this would be useful, what timeframe would you recommend?”Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee-of-the-Whole · Jun 18, 2026
Speaker C
“So fixing this is going to involve a real trade-off.”Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee-of-the-Whole · Jun 18, 2026
Speaker C
“the intent is that we bring this forward probably at the July 21st meeting, so we have some time. And of course, this does not need to reflect every single person's individual priorities. We want to find what, you know, at least a majority of us can agree on at this point.”Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee-of-the-Whole · Jun 18, 2026
Speaker C
“The first section really deals with asking for information in what's called the preliminary budget memo or the 120-day memo that that will come out around September 1st. So it's really asking for basically scenarios or any information to really, you know, project that the point of that memo is to say, here's the revenue we expect, here's the big trends, here's our capital improvement program list, and really kind of a preview of what the actual budget will look like.”Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee-of-the-Whole · Jun 18, 2026
Speaker C
“the thing that Bill did not say, Mr. Fauzi did not say, was if we build more stuff, the Building Safety Service Area also fills itself back up, as we saw in the revenue. And so that is also a relevant piece piece of that conversation.”Anchorage Assembly: Budget and Finance Committee-of-the-Whole · Jun 18, 2026
Anchorage is considering expanding its surveillance network. The privacy rules are still a draft.
The Anchorage Assembly weighs $1.4 million for APD, including a Real Time Crime Center tied to license-plate surveillance, funded entirely by forfeiture and federal money that bypasses budget scrutiny.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read
Anchorage would sell rights over its City Hall lot below appraisal
Two private LLCs would pay $200,000, or $80,000 below a 2025 appraisal, for a perpetual no-build easement on a 2,800-square-foot strip of the Anchorage City Hall parking lot, clearing a fire-code hurdle for a downtown redevelopment that has no plans yet. The Assembly reads the ordinance Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly recognizes four Eklutna youth interns for Elders meal program
The Anchorage Assembly passed AR No. 2026-220 on Tuesday recognizing four Native Village of Eklutna Rural Youth Services interns who built an Elders Freezer Meal program, repaired village sites, and are preparing to seat a planned Eklutna Youth Council.
by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
A year in, Anchorage's camping ordinance mostly moves people along, not into services
Anchorage's first-year camping ordinance report shows high voluntary compliance and few arrests, but that most people contacted left without any documented referral to services.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read
A Muldoon pot shop clears the park buffer, by measuring to the playground
A marijuana store proposed inside a Muldoon Road tire shop meets Anchorage buffer rules by measuring to park playground equipment. The Assembly hears it Tuesday.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
The military is adding a thousand people to a base that's already full
JBER family housing is nearly full as the military plans to add about 1,050 personnel in Alaska. An Anchorage Assembly resolution weighs the added housing pressure.
by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read
Anchorage police oversight proposal dies without a second
An advisory-only Anchorage police oversight commission died Tuesday without a second, leaving the city without any public safety oversight body since January 2024.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage wants a public board to steer its Chugach access money — and set qualifications for who runs it
An Anchorage ordinance would create a formal, public advisory board to prioritize Chugach State Park access projects funded by a 2023 voter-approved tax, replacing an ad hoc working group.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
The Anchorage Assembly studied how to remove one of its own. It never has.
An Anchorage Assembly briefing pegged the cost of removing a member at up to $210,000 and reviewed a removal process the body has never used. George Martinez took part.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Girdwood's park plans would move to Anchorage's standard public review
An Anchorage ordinance up for a vote Aug. 4 would route Girdwood's park master plans through the citywide review process, which includes a public hearing with oral comment.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Second Eagle River road contract in weeks draws just one bid
A brush and stump disposal contract for the Eagle River service area drew a single bid from Eklutna Inc., the second sole-bid road procurement there in weeks. Assembly votes Aug. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
A substitute would swap Martinez's removal for a travel investigation
A substitute resolution would drop the Anchorage Assembly's effort to remove George Martinez in favor of investigating his taxpayer-funded travel since 2023. Members vote Aug. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage takes another run at its missing-middle housing rules
An Anchorage ordinance would let property owners along transit corridors opt into duplexes, triplexes and townhomes, reviving a 2025 overlay that stalled. Hearing Sept. 15.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
A board steering Anchorage's biggest project met nine times. The public heard about one.
A sunset audit found Don Young Port of Alaska staff could not locate minutes for two 2025 meetings of the port modernization advisory board, and that only one of nine meetings was posted on the municipal public notice website. Auditors still recommend reauthorization before the October 14 sunset.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage clarifies what a records request keeps, and for how long
The 2026 Municipality of Anchorage Records Retention Schedule rewrites the public records request series to cover logs, written requests and responsive records, and drops the Chief Administrative Office from the schedule. The Assembly reads the approving resolution Aug. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
New perks for Anchorage firefighters and Teamsters head to the Assembly
Two contract amendments before the Anchorage Assembly would give firefighters and city Teamsters paid parental leave, rehire service credit and easier holiday pay.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
UAA wants to pour wine at the gallery opening — under a 'sporting' license
UAA concessionaire seeks beer and wine permits for the Fine Arts Building and Wendy Williamson Auditorium; the Anchorage Assembly takes up the licenses Aug. 4.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly weighs new police SUVs and an off-market firehouse sale
Anchorage Assembly votes Aug. 4 on a $1.88 million police SUV purchase and a negotiated below-valuation sale of the former Fire Station No. 2 on Government Hill.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage let $11.8 million skip the books it promised to check
An Anchorage internal audit found at least $11.8 million in non-PO spending since 2024 skipped purchase orders and the city's public transparency tracker.
by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read
On Aurora Street, water mains are in but the sewer stops short
A Summit Ridge lot split highlights Anchorage's utility edge on Aurora Street: water mains run nearby, but public sewer requires a developer-funded main extension.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
The state says Girdwood's Moose Meadow trails are trespassing
Alaska's transportation department says four Girdwood trails at Moose Meadow cross onto airport land without an easement, amounting to trespass, as a parks plan seeks a fix.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
South Anchorage rezone would allow industrial use in a residential area
A draft Anchorage ordinance would convert 3.8 acres at Lot 1, Block 9, Laurel Acres from single-family residential to heavy industrial zoning. The Planning and Zoning Commission takes the case up August 3, and the Anchorage Assembly makes the final call.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Former Anchorage Assembly member Karen Bronga killed in Sterling Highway crash
Former Anchorage Assembly member Karen Bronga was killed in a head-on crash at mile 62 of the Sterling Highway near Cooper Landing on July 24, 2026, according to Alaska State Troopers.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Removing an Assembly member takes 94 days and a supermajority
The Anchorage Assembly released a flow chart of its member removal process, a roughly 94-day path requiring a two-thirds vote, as George Martinez faces an accusation.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
A dog reported killed in the Bear Valley bear attack turned up alive
A dog reported killed in a brown bear attack above Anchorage's Bear Valley neighborhood was found alive and uninjured after another hiking party returned it to its owner.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage Assembly weighs how hard to investigate Martinez's travel
The Anchorage Assembly weighs two versions of a resolution investigating Assembly Member George Martinez's taxpayer-funded travel, one with subpoena power and a path to removal.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage day cares say a grant cut could force them to close
Anchorage child care providers warn they may close if the city's Child Care and Early Education Fund cuts operational grants from $2.4 million to $765,000 in its 2027 budget.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly resolution seeks school-funding scenarios and deferred maintenance analysis
The Anchorage Assembly introduced AR No. 2026-211, requesting the administration model at least two school-funding scenarios by Aug. 31 and map a multi-billion-dollar deferred maintenance liability before the Oct. 2 budget deadline, while formally acknowledging a Southcentral natural gas shortage that will raise consumer and municipal costs.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
Anchorage Assembly members frame Fairview grant as a civil-rights question
Assembly Vice Chair Daniel Volland and Assembly Member Sydney Scout submitted an information memorandum for the Assembly's July 21 meeting that casts a proposed $750,000 behavioral health grant in Fairview as an equity and fair-housing question, invoking the neighborhood's history of racial exclusion and urban renewal.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago3 min read
Crews are cutting firebreaks in the woods at the center of Anchorage
Segments of the Speedway, Viewpoint, and Moose Meadow trails in Anchorage's Campbell Tract are closed through July 25 while crews maintain wildfire fuel breaks.
by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage cited 36 for-hire drivers for unlicensed operation, denied 9 licenses for barrier crimes
Enforcement data released Monday shows Anchorage's Transportation Inspection Division cited 36 for-hire drivers for operating without a valid chauffeur license between 2025 and July 2026, while nine applicants were denied licenses outright for barrier crime convictions including sexual assault and serious drug offenses.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Rockfall risk added to Anchorage flood watch as second rain round targets Monday commute
NWS Anchorage warns that a second round of moderate to heavy rain is likely to hit the Anchorage Bowl during Monday's morning commute, falling on already saturated ground and raising the risk of rockfalls along the Seward Highway south of Anchorage. The Flood Watch runs from 4 AM through Monday evening.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Brown bear injures hiker on Bear Valley trail above south Anchorage
A brown bear emerged from dense alders on a narrow trail above the Bear Valley neighborhood Saturday and made contact with an adult hiker, who was transported from the Brewsters Drive area by APD, Alaska Wildlife Troopers, and Anchorage Fire Department. ADF&G is posting warning signs at trailheads and monitoring the area, where a nearby moose kill raises the possibility of a bear defending cached food.
by Maggie AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly set to approve $1.53M landfill loader replacement
The Anchorage Assembly votes July 21 on a $1,534,465 Caterpillar 988 XE Wheel Loader for the Anchorage Regional Landfill, replacing a unit Solid Waste Services says is no longer cost-effective to maintain.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read
Anchorage landfill contract hits $16M after starting at $30,004
The Anchorage Assembly votes July 21 on a $983,510 amendment adding a new gas flare to the Regional Landfill's leachate overhaul, pushing the Roger Hickel Contracting contract to $16.1 million, while the landfill's final leachate disposal solution remains uncontracted.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly set to approve $1.4M fire engine with 900-day wait
The Anchorage Assembly votes July 21 on a $1,396,601 Rosenbauer pumper (not to exceed) for Station 1, with delivery not expected for roughly 2.5 years amid a nationwide fire apparatus backlog, leaving aging reserve equipment in the chain longer than planned.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
ADEC permit delay forces Anchorage to extend drainage contract, adding $500K
A stalled state stormwater permit renewal is forcing Anchorage to extend its watershed drainage contract with AWR Engineering through July 2027 and spend an additional $500,000, bringing the five-year total to $3 million. The Anchorage Assembly votes on the extension July 21.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage Assembly takes up $311,222 program to help mobile home residents displaced by park redevelopment
The Anchorage Assembly is considering a 2026 federal housing plan that would create a new Mobile Home Displacement Assistance program funded at $311,222 in Community Development Block Grant dollars, the first dedicated municipal program to help low-income residents forced to relocate when their parks are redeveloped.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
Anchorage resolution would steer infrastructure to neighborhoods absorbing new housing
A resolution set for an Anchorage Assembly reading on July 21 would make it formal policy to prioritize sidewalks, drainage, lighting, and transit upgrades in neighborhoods designated for housing growth, but it appropriates no money and sets no deadline for the administration to act.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read
AWWU files new tariff revisions with Alaska regulators, opening public comment on Anchorage water and sewer rates
AWWU has filed tariff revisions TA184-122 and TA185-126 with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska, triggering a public comment process on water and sewer rates. The 2026 rate package, authorized under AO No. 2025-132, raised a typical single-family residential bill from $123.15 to $128.61 per month. Public comments are due July 31.
by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read