Municipality of Anchorage

Anchorage board weighs dropping a shared-driveway rule for two Lake Otis lots

Anchorage Platting Board hears a request Wednesday to let two Lake Otis Parkway lots have separate driveways instead of sharing one.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage trails plan adds inland fallback route for stalled Kincaid-to-Potter Marsh trail

Anchorage planners added an inland route option to a stalled coastal trail between Kincaid Park and Potter Marsh, blocked since the 1990s by private land and wildlife refuge concerns.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage's wetlands plan describes a permit the city cannot issue

Anchorage's wetlands plan still assumes the city issues its own fill permits. It has not since 2021, and a patch goes to the Assembly Tuesday.

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

Anchorage school district proposes splitting $32 million in one-time state money

Anchorage schools will split $32 million in one-time state money, spending more than half this year and saving the rest to shrink a $40 million deficit expected next summer.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Anchorage schools will open a new listening effort with a $42 million shortfall

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's surplus school buildings could bring in money, the district says

Anchorage school officials say surplus buildings could generate revenue, among them Campbell STEM, closed in February and the subject of a dismissed lawsuit.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

In 1997 Anchorage voters rejected automated camera enforcement. Its new surveillance system needed no vote.

Anchorage voters banned traffic cameras in 1997. A far more powerful police surveillance system just arrived with no vote — and the debate has been telling.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago4 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

Cook Inlet Housing Authority chief backs Anchorage housing code changes his projects use

Cook Inlet Housing Authority's chief backed Anchorage's housing code changes Tuesday, crediting them for enabling his organization's Nest project.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo 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

Auditors found no central list of Anchorage's state agreements

Anchorage has taken on $17.2 million in state work over five years without a central list of the agreements, its internal auditors found.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage marks preparedness month after housing 655 evacuees

Anchorage took in 655 evacuees from Western Alaska after Typhoon Halong. The Assembly recognizes September as National Preparedness Month on Tuesday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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

Anchorage wants $202,468 back from the owner of the Big Timber Motel it demolished

Anchorage spent $202,468 tearing down the Big Timber Motel after 14 years of code violations. Now it is trying to get the money back from the owner.

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 developer says fire lanes cost his 58-unit project 15 homes

Fire lane requirements cost an Anchorage developer 15 potential homes. The city faces pressure to ease building rules to meet housing goals.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Anchorage officials pitch Assembly on Block 102-Tozier land swap for housing

Anchorage officials pitched a land swap to the Assembly Friday that could enable housing on two sites, but the vote covers only the exchange itself, not zoning or development deals.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 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 elementary schools drop pre-packaged meals for traditional food service

Anchorage elementary schools have dropped pre-packaged meals. The district says more students are eating lunch but has not released the counts.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Port of Alaska seeks road realignment for Chugach Electric substation

Anchorage Platting Board will vote Wednesday on letting the Port of Alaska shift an unbuilt road so Chugach Electric can build a power substation on port land.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Anchorage youth can apply for $1,000 to $5,000 climate project grants

Anchorage residents ages 15 to 24 can apply for $1,000 to $5,000 for local climate projects, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies. Applications close Oct. 18.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 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 new emergency plan still has no chapter for disease outbreaks

Anchorage's new emergency plan has no communicable disease appendix. The plan lists 34 changes; the memo to the Assembly itemizes none of them.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

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's school board says closures won't fix the budget; residents aren't so sure

Anchorage's school board says closing schools won't fix its budget — even as most residents, by the district's own survey, favor consolidation.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read