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Brenda Mills

Board Member · Platting Board

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Anchorage approves a Muldoon Road marijuana store, over a dispute about how close it sits to a playground

Anchorage approved a Muldoon Road marijuana store 8-3, over objections about how close it sits to a playground and whether a stricter state buffer applies.

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A Knik Arm bridge easement survives — and so does the debate

Anchorage kept a Knik Arm Crossing easement on a port plat — a small vote that keeps alive a long-debated bridge backers call vital resiliency and skeptics call unfunded.

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Kodiak Island Borough Assembly approves $13.8M for schools, $836K below district request

Assembly approved 13.7 million dollars for schools, 836 thousand less than requested. • District already cut 2.7 million and warned more cuts mean losing aides, nurses, and counselors. • Federal COVID aid and education grants have ended, leaving borough to fill the gap. • State funding unlikely to improve until Alaska depletes its constitutional budget reserve.

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Platting Board approves Lake Otis access for senior living site

Anchorage Platting Board removed restrictions blocking Lake Otis access for a senior living project at Lake Otis and O'Malley Road, though any actual driveway still needs traffic department approval.

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