Suzanne LaFrance

Anchorage Assembly approves $511,190 grant to replace police patrol car computers

Anchorage Assembly approves $3 million rural health grant for crisis care

Anchorage Assembly weighs Girdwood road contract that drew one bid

LaFrance names Lynn McNamara to Anchorage library board seat

APD policy lays out rooftop drones for 911 calls; chief said technology was not yet in use

Anchorage Assembly takes up Eklutna water deals without RCA condition

“impossible to fulfill”

Anchorage Assembly recognizes October as Filipino American History Month

Anchorage Assembly to consider Disability Employment Awareness Month resolution

Anchorage Assembly to take up $388,874 to design Merrill Field gate replacements

Anchorage Assembly takes up Chugiak senior housing lease extension to 2094

Anchorage mayor proposes 2027 budget that relies on one-time money, warns of 2028 fiscal cliff

“We’ve used one-time funds to buy our community one more year and protect essential services, but that money will not be available next year. Without new revenue or increased outside support, we will hit a fiscal cliff in 2028.”

January count finds downtown Anchorage street parking peaked at about a third full

Anchorage Assembly to consider permanent mayoral emergency power for disasters outside the city

“anticipated to reduce, rather than increase, costs to 19 the Municipality”

Anchorage Assembly to consider $1.7 million to design fix for Girdwood's drinking water well

Anchorage, state and long-term care ombudsmen to explain their work at Loussac Library on Oct. 8

Anchorage Assembly to consider $15,000 donation for police program steering people to treatment

Anchorage child care fund board asks LaFrance to move pre-K money off cannabis tax

Anchorage Assembly to consider two Port of Alaska corrosion-protection contracts worth up to $2 million each

Touchmark breaks ground on 244-home senior campus in South Anchorage

“When high construction costs make it difficult for projects to pencil out, our local families and seniors are left with fewer choices.”

Anchorage transit advisory board asks for more city money for AnchorRIDES and bus drivers

Anchorage Assembly to consider $1.2 million safety review contract for water and sewer utility

Anchorage Assembly to consider road maintenance contract for Section 6/Campbell Airstrip area

Anchorage consent agenda carries $2.4 million in sludge hauling contracts

Anchorage Assembly to consider $511,190 grant to replace police mobile data computers

People Mover puts up its first artwork bus stop sign on Muldoon Road

Mat-Su bans license plate readers before the borough owns any

Anchorage schools model a $9 million budget gap for fiscal 2028

Anchorage officials fail to agree on shared school-closure committee

Anchorage's required 2027 school contribution rises to about $138 million

Anchorage's property tax cap rises $18.5 million for next year

A Dena'ina artist's work is headed for downtown Anchorage's signs

Anchorage Assembly shelves mayor's homebuyer tax break 11-1

Anchorage delays surveillance rules as sponsors and mayor remain divided

Housing on the Tozier Tract would likely close off a planned road

Anchorage's new-home tax break would reach pricier houses under a revision

A Merrill Field WWII memorial crumbles with no one responsible

Anchorage assessment appeals hit a record, and the board filled up to cope

Anchorage police shoot carjacking suspect after East 37th Avenue standoff

Anchorage police report eighth officer-involved shooting of 2026 in two sentences

Mayor's substitute puts Anchorage's surveillance network before the Assembly Tuesday

“But police chiefs and administrations change, and departmental policy can change with them, in the absence of law requiring otherwise.”

Landmine publisher takes copyright-strike complaint against APD to Assembly Tuesday

Anchorage grant would keep HIV testing and outreach going through 2027

Anchorage owns an aging arts center, and repairs keep outpacing the budget

An inspector cited Anchorage's ice rinks for safety valves a decade old

Anchorage's port cargo surcharge nearly triples to fund a rebuild

“Securing these funds for the Port of Alaska means we are able to reduce the costs of goods for all Alaskans”

18 condo units draw 46 percent of Anchorage's housing tax exemptions, report says

“THE ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.”

The mayor wants two more members on a naming commission that cannot meet

Anchorage weighs $2.8M state payment, most of it for winter shelter

AT&T's parking lot at the Anchorage port could stay until 2041

Anchorage weighs who decides when cold-weather shelter opens