Controversial road project through U-Med area gears up
The state and city are gearing up to choose a final route for a new road into the university and medical district from Northern Lights Boulevard.
Q&A: City employee pay, benefits still a big issue
Pay and benefits for city employees are at the center of an ongoing debate in Anchorage as administrators and unions begin a new round of contract negotiations that will be governed by the controversial labor law rewrite.
City rejects 2nd petition for referendum on law that cut union power
The city has rejected for a second time a proposed referendum petition to repeal the labor law rewrite passed by the Anchorage Assembly in March.
Assemblyman wants to smooth permitting for builders
Assembly member Adam Trombley is casting a critical eye on the city planning department.
JBER soldiers train with explosives on Tuesday
Soldiers on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson will be setting off explosives Tuesday as they train how to remove obstacles such as impediments in a road.
Dispute over S. Anchorage VFW club goes to Assembly
Neighbors of a VFW club in a strip mall on the Old Seward Highway want to close it down, and they're hoping to enlist the support of the Anchorage Assembly Tuesday.
Critics of Anchorage labor-law rewrite file new petition seeking a repeal vote
Backers of a proposed referendum to repeal a recently-adopted rewrite of Anchorage's city labor law are trying again after city officials turned down their first attempt.
Moe concedes: Ernie Hall is the winner of West Anchorage Assembly race
Nick Moe, the write-in candidate for Assembly in West Anchorage, conceded Tuesday that a weekend hand-count of votes in his race showed Ernie Hall, the incumbent, is the winner.
City rejects a proposed referendum that would repeal just-passed labor law
The city has rejected a proposed referendum petition to repeal AO 37, the ordinance passed in March that rewrites city labor law.
Hall's lead grows over write-in challenger in West Anchorage Assembly race
West Anchorage Assemblyman Ernie Hall's lead over write-ins in the April 2 city election widened from 93 votes to 318 Saturday when the city completed a computer count of about 1,100 absentee and questioned ballots in the district.
Software to automate city government behind schedule; costs are rising
A new software system meant to automate many functions of Anchorage's city government is more than a year behind the original start date and has risen in price by about $4.5 million since the initial 2011 budget for it, the city's chief financial officer, Lucinda Mahoney, said Friday.