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Municipality of Anchorage to pay up to $2M to outsource finance work due to employee vacancies
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFeb. 22—About half of the staff positions are vacant in Anchorage's Controller Division, and as a result, the city has contracted with private firms for up to $2 million total in professional ...
New head librarian declines to take job at embattled Anchorage library
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 5—The Municipality of Anchorage was supposed to have a new head librarian taking over the public library system. But the candidate for the role nominated in April by Mayor Dave Bronson, ...
Editorial: Anchorage needs to take care of its unsheltered residents, not exile them
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe mayor of Alaska's largest city says he has a moral imperative to save lives by getting homeless...
Anchorage's late financial audit leaves key programs 'hanging in the balance'
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoApr. 1—An annual audit of the Anchorage municipality's 2022 financials is late by about 10 months. That's caused a cascade of problems and put the city at risk of losing millions in grant funding ...
Crews ready to work on huge Anchorage port project sit idle as critical environmental review is...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 month agoMay 10—The Municipality of Anchorage is trying to fix a funding problem that has threatened to halt progress on the huge modernization project underway at the Don Young Port of Alaska. An unexpected ...
Assembly members question whether city is violating law by paying road service contractors for snow...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJan. 15—After December's series of heavy snowfalls, the Municipality of Anchorage took an unusual step to clear the streets. Facing formidable accumulation and consternation over what many saw ...
Anchorage's maintenance and operations director resigns
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 17—Saxton Shearer, director of the Municipality of Anchorage's Maintenance and Operations department, is leaving his position to take a job outside city government. "I have been afforded ...
Anchorage city departments blow past fuel budgets amid high gas prices
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 3—People Mover bus The Municipality of Anchorage is running out of gas money. With diesel and gasoline prices hitting record highs this year, the city's vehicle fleets of police cruisers ...
One reason for snow plow delays? Poor planning and preparation in City Hall, say elected officials
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 11—grader, snow, snow plow, winter This week's snowstorm in Southcentral Alaska exposed significant problems in the Municipality of Anchorage's plowing operations, including resource shortages ...
Former Anchorage library and fire worker sues city over discrimination, retaliation claims
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMay 10—A former Anchorage library and fire department employee is suing the city, accusing the municipality of discrimination and retaliation. Elements of the lawsuit, filed Tuesday in state ...
