Zachariah Hughes

The upcoming city election has the potential to drastically reshape Anchorage’s political landscape — or leave it firmly intact. Here’s who is running for both Anchorage Assembly and School Board.

Delays and an unconventional approach to the bonding process left out money for facilities improvements and sent officials scrambling to secure several community projects.

After guilty convictions last year, members of the 1488 criminal group are receiving their sentences in U.S. District Court in Anchorage this week.

The measures pertain to contracting, the office of the city’s ombudsman and filling out appointments to municipal boards and commissions. All of them, according to the Assembly, are a direct response to allegations of unlawful and unethical conduct against the Bronson administration.

The three orders — affecting contracting, the ombudsman’s office and local boards and commissions — surfaced after a lengthy closed-door meeting among Assembly members, and come in response to allegations about misconduct in City Hall.

The Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta has a crop of young racers keeping veteran mushers on their toes.

The 24-year-old woman from St. Michael and her 1-year-old child were attacked in Wales near the village school in the middle of the day Tuesday, troopers said.

A Wales resident shot and killed the bear as it attacked the pair, Alaska State Troopers said.

Private companies contracted for Eagle River and Hillside snow removal helped the city dig out, raising issues with procurement policies and transparency.

A previously scheduled rules committee meeting Thursday went on a lengthy detour from its planned agenda to discuss the Demboski letter. Members say they are coordinating with legal counsel about options for curbing liability and unlawful conduct.

The facility has been at the center of a protracted fight for years over opening more beds for treatment and support services.

Residents say the unchecked herds of musk oxen have morphed from a novelty to a nuisance to a threat. A group is asking state officials to reform management protocols.

Joey Sweet will take over Forrest Dunbar’s seat until April. It’s one of two vacancies that opened after Anchorage Assembly members were elected to seats in the Alaska Legislature.

The person who recorded the video said he saw an Anchorage Safety Patrol member dump the elderly man off a wheelchair and leave him in the snow by the sobering center. The facility is owned by the city and is operated by a private security contractor.

In an email to Anchorage Assembly members, the acting city manager laid out what progress has been made on snow removal, what steps are being taken and obstacles impeding progress on side streets around the city.