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PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Anchorage port project stymied for yet another season

A huge, expensive and troubled expansion of the Port of Anchorage remains stalled for a third construction season while engineers study the best way forward.
PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Wilson to follow Sheffield as Port of Anchorage director

Mayor Dan Sullivan announced on Wednesday that Rich Wilson, who worked 13 years as development director at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport, will be the city's new port director.
LEGISLATURE

$2.6 billion Senate capital budget boosts port, not bridge

The Senate over the weekend unveiled its $2.6 billion capital budget, a goody-laden bill that includes more than $380 million in earmarked projects for the Anchorage area -- but nothing for the Knik Arm bridge and only a portion of the amount sought for Anchorage port construction.
PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Senator wants guarantee that port won't seek more money

An influential state senator wants assurances that if the state pumps hundreds of millions more dollars into the troubled Port of Anchorage expansion project, the municipality won't keep coming back for more.
POLITICS

Honeman criticism of Sheffield called politically motivated

Embattled Anchorage port director Bill Sheffield says Assemblyman Paul Honeman quietly sought campaign donations last fall, then demanded his ouster from the port when he ignored Honeman's pleas.
MAYORAL ELECTION

Honeman accuses Sullivan of "cronyism" over contract

Assemblyman and mayoral candidatae Paul Honeman accused Mayor Dan Sullivan today of "cronyism" and "wrongdoing" following reports that the city will offer outgoing port director Bill Sheffield a $60,000 consulting contract.
PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Sheffield resigns as Port of Anchorage director

Former Gov. Bill Sheffield will retire as director of the Port of Anchorage as of Jan. 15, but will get a $60,000-a-year consulting contract from the city, Mayor Dan Sullivan said Thursday.
PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Mayor candidate calls for firing Anchorage port director

Anchorage Assemblyman Paul Honeman, who is running for mayor, says the current mayor should fire Anchorage Port Director William Sheffield because of problems with the port expansion project.
PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Mayor seeks $60,000 to hire Coffey to lobby for port

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan wants to hire ex-Assemblyman Dan Coffey under a contract to lobby the state on a $350 million capital request for the city's troubled port-expansion project and to do other consulting work.
PORT OF ANCHORAGE

Mayor, port director differ on expansion project scope

The Anchorage port director and the mayor's office are giving conflicting information on whether the troubled port expansion project is still a $1 billion effort or if it's going to be scaled back.