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Multicultural Festival Takes Over Downtown Anchorage This Weekend
The Multicultural Festival is happening from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Saturday in Townsquare Park. There will be education booths set up, along with food trucks and a beer garden. Lots of performances highlighting different cultures are planned along with a concert by the Plain White T's. Odds are you know the band's biggest hit "Hey There Delilah."
Anchorage Fairview Rec Center Indoor Playground to Close for Maintenance
A note for families in Anchorage: The indoor playground at the Fairview Rec Center will be temporarily closed starting next week. The closure will be in effect from July 29 to August 5 so that Anchorage Parks and Rec crews can do some maintenance work. specifically on the floor. It's...
Third executive joins Anchorage Mayor LaFrance’s team from Berkowitz era
Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance announced Tuesday that she’s hired Ona Brause as her new budget director. It’s the new mayor’s third high-level executive who worked in the administration of former Mayor Ethan Berkowitz. As director of the Office of Management and Budget, Brause is chiefly responsible for...
Anchorage Assembly votes to extend homeless shelter contract as leaked text investigation continues
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - In a 9-1 vote on Friday, Anchorage Assembly members extended a contract with Henning, Inc. to maintain operations of a Midtown homeless shelter, despite controversy surrounding text messages between the nonprofit’s managers and the city’s former homelessness coordinator. The contract, which will keep 200...
Anchorage Mayor LaFrance says city faces challenges but bolstered by dedicated employees
The Municipality of Anchorage faces some big challenges but also has many opportunities and dedicated city workers. That’s the message from Mayor Suzanne LaFrance, now in her third week leading Alaska’s largest city, reacting in part to a transition report from the administration of her predecessor, Dave Bronson.
An Alaska veteran is finally getting his benefits — 78 years after the 103-year-old was discharged
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A 103-year-old World War II veteran who’s been paying his medical bills out-of-pocket is finally getting his veterans benefits from the U.S. government after 78 years. Louis Gigliotti’s caretaker says the former U.S. Army medical technician has a card from the Veteran Administration but...
In third act of Anchorage’s accounting ‘cautionary tale,’ a CFO races to close $147M deal
Anchorage’s finance bureaucrats pulled off a flurry of technical, but critically important tasks on a very compressed timeline in the last few weeks that culminated with $147 million being wired into city accounts on Thursday. That money represents the will of Anchorage voters to invest in city and school...
Anchorage’s new administration officer cites staffing shortages as major challenge to city services
Alaska’s largest city is facing staffing shortfalls across many departments. That’s one of the key takeaways from a transition report put together by the outgoing administration of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, which turned over the keys to City Hall to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance at the beginning of July.
Supportive Housing for Homeless Elders Opens in Anchorage
Providence Alaska CEO Ella Goss, at left, watches a friendship dance that accompanied the traditional cutting of a blue ribbon with oversized scissors to open the Q’et’en Qenq’a “Elder’s House” supportive housing facility. Seniors experiencing homelessness in Anchorage have a new shelter option. A...
Alaskans honored in 2024 Literary, Literacy Awards
Collaborations among people, literacy, and literature are honored in the 2024 Contributions to Literacy in Alaska (CLIA) Awards from the Alaska Center for the Book, announced June 24. Honorees are the Reading Mentors program of the Talkeetna Friends of the Library; the Anchorage Daily News; and authors Ann Fienup-Riordan, Alice...
Long-delayed trial for former legislator Gabrielle LeDoux scheduled for this week
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - After years of delay, the trial for former Alaska State Legislator Gabrielle LeDoux is scheduled to get underway this week in an Anchorage courtroom. LeDoux, a Republican who served in the State House of Representatives, has pled not guilty to several charges of voter misconduct and...
Bill mandating end to use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams becomes law in Alaska
Alaska firefighting departments will have to stop using fire-suppression foams containing contaminants known as “forever chemicals,” under a law that went into effect on Monday. The new law is the product of a bill, Senate Bill 67, that legislators passed nearly unanimously. It went into effect without Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s signature. The new law targets […]
U.S. Coast Guard renames Anchorage-based sector to reflect wider Alaska mission
The U.S. Coast Guard Alaska sector previously named for the state’s largest city now has a new name: Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic. While the sector remains located in Anchorage, with a headquarters at the Alaska National Guard Armory on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, the new name reflects the increasing responsibilities in Arctic and near-Arctic waters that are becoming more trafficked as sea ice diminishes, the Coast Guard said. Additionally, the sector serves Interior Alaska.
AARP is Advocating for Residential Utility Customers
AARP formally intervened in the Chugach Electric Rate Case currently before the Regulatory Commission of Alaska to fight for fair treatment of residential customers. AARP is the only party in this case who is fighting specifically on behalf of residential customers. AARP argued that the way Chugach has proposed to allocate costs and design rates favors commercial customers and significantly shifts costs and higher rate increases to residential customers.
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