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Municipality of Anchorage will close Sullivan Arena shelter June 30
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 2—Anchorage's city-operated Sullivan Arena shelter will close June 30, the municipality said in a statement Wednesday, but a new navigation center for unhoused people in Anchorage isn't ...
Anchorage changed how it counts its homeless population during the pandemic. The number doubled.
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 11 months agoMay 19—For a long time, Anchorage's estimate for how many people were homeless in the municipality was based on a crude tool: a citywide canvass in the depths of winter to figure out who was ...
Anchorage's late financial audit leaves key programs 'hanging in the balance'
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 month 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 ...
Anchorage Assembly to weigh final measures to open Golden Lion as supportive housing
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 10 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 ...
Developers say oversight on Anchorage tax break is costing them, threatening future housing projects
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 18—Anchorage real estate developers who applied for a city program offering a tax break say it falls short of what was promised, threatening some projects and imperiling interest in future ...
Fitch downgrades Anchorage bond rating, though it calls city's fiscal outlook 'stable'
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 26—february, city hall, downtown anchorage, winter A major credit rating agency has lowered Anchorage's grade for bonded debt, citing the city's diminished financial stature after spending ...
Anchorage Mayor Bronson appoints municipal attorney with history of supporting right-wing causes
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 22—Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson on Tuesday appointed an outspoken right-wing lawyer, Mario Bird, as Anchorage's new municipal attorney, filling outgoing city attorney Patrick Bergt's position ...
Anchorage School District recommends program cuts and consolidations, plus repurposing plans for...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 4—Coronavirus, COVID-19, Pandemic, Anchorage School District, ASD On the heels of announcing potential school closures, Anchorage School District officials this week said they were recommending ...
A guide to the 9 bonds and propositions on the ballot in the Anchorage city election
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMar. 13—This coverage of the Anchorage municipal election is being provided free as a public service. But we depend on reader support to produce independent reporting Alaskans can trust. Join ...
Anchorage Assembly overrides Mayor Bronson's vetoes on formation of homelessness task force and...
Anchorage Daily News, Alaska via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 26—february, city hall, downtown anchorage, winter The Anchorage Assembly on Thursday overrode several vetoes from Mayor Dave Bronson, reinstating federal relief funds it had directed to ...