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Over 1,000 Anchorage building owners warned of snow collapse risk and danger to workers
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFeb. 1—Government officials in Anchorage have taken the unprecedented step of warning more than 1,000 commercial property owners that their roofs could be at risk of collapse because of this ...
Roof of fourth commercial building collapses in Anchorage
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 12—The roof of a fourth commercial business collapsed in Anchorage early Friday after a season of heavy snowfall, at the 5401 Cordova Street business complex. It was the second roof to ...
In seismically active Alaska, plans for statewide residential building codes are on shaky ground
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSixty years after North America’s most powerful earthquake on record ripped through Alaska and 5 ½...
Another commercial building roof collapses in Anchorage
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 9—Another commercial warehouse building collapsed in Anchorage on Monday under the weight of heavy snow load, following a season of record-breaking snowfalls. The collapse occurred before ...
Anchorage property tax bills are hitting mailboxes. Here's how to read them.
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo Finance· 1 day agoJun. 8—Property tax bills are hitting mailboxes across Anchorage. Most property owners can expect bigger bills this year, surpassing past payments that were likely already significant. Anchorage ...
A former Anchorage office building is being overhauled to provide dwellings for elderly residents
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 6 days agoJun. 3—A longtime Anchorage home builder has converted an eight-story office building so it can soon provide dwellings for elders who need assisted living. With their newly renamed Emerald building ...
Latest roof collapse is more evidence that some older commercial roofs are not performing to code,...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 5 months agoJan. 10—An Anchorage building official blamed a familiar problem as the likely cause of the third commercial building roof to collapse in the city this winter. The roof that buckled early Monday ...
Anchorage Assembly members propose new regulations for Airbnbs and other short-term rentals
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 10—Two Anchorage Assembly members are proposing a new city licensing program for short-term and vacation rental units, including houses, apartments and bedrooms rented via online booking ...
Anchorage Assembly approves using former Solid Waste Services building for winter shelter
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 12—Anchorage will move forward with its plan to use a recently vacated administrative building, located at the former Solid Waste Services transfer station in Midtown, as an emergency winter ...
Anchorage Assembly to weigh final measures to open Golden Lion as supportive housing
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJul. 10—The Municipality of Anchorage is close to opening a supportive housing facility inside of a city-owned property that's been at the heart of contentious debates over housing and homelessness ...