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Meteor Flies Over Anchorage

A meteor flew over Soutcentral Alaska at 5:47 Wednesday morning, giving early risers a show. Reader David Johnson caught the meteor on camera and shared his video with the Current. If you have photos or videos to share, please send...

AncGOV This Week: To Follow Code or Not to Follow Code

Sullivan is Again the Municipality’s Mass Shelter, Housing up to 360 People: On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly unanimously voted to expand capacity at the Sullivan Arena to house 160 additional unsheltered people. Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson had already expanded capacity of...

Assembly Approves Process for Filling Soon to be Vacated Seats by Appointment

On Tuesday, the Anchorage Assembly voted to fill two seats soon to be vacant with members Forrest Dunbar and Jamie Allard being elected to the Alaska Legislature.  Dunbar will vacate his East Anchorage seat Jan. 3 and Allard will leave...

Snow, Deaths, and a Departing Muni Manager: Dave Bronson’s Two-Week Nightmare

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson is experiencing the most disastrous stretch of his tenure, facing near daily scandals over the past two weeks. His run of ineptitude started with a hasty attempt to turn the Sullivan Arena into a mass shelter...

Amy Demboski out as Muni Manager

Amy Demboski, Anchorage Municipal Manager and architect of the Bronson administration, is no longer working for the city.  While the Bronson administration has had constant turnover, this is the largest shake-up to date. Demboski has been Bronson's closest ally and...

AncGOV This Week: Sullivan is a Mass Shelter Again

In a Twist on GroundHog Day, the Sullivan is Again the Municipality’s Mass Shelter Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has once again turned the Sullivan Arena into a mass shelter, holding up to 375 unhoused individuals per day.  At a Homelessness and...

Alaska attorney general headlines $15,000-a-head fundraiser for conservative group

Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor is headlining a $15,000-per-person fundraiser for a conservative organization that ran attack ads against liberal state legislators this year — though an official from the group said the cash will fund its “nonpolitical” advocacy...

Municipality Was Warned of Impending Winter Time Failure

In June of this year, the Bronson administration was warned that city maintenance and snow removal would fail due to unfilled positions and low wages, and nothing was done about it. Jason Alward, District Representative for International Unit of Operating...

Anchorage Assembly Postpones Vote on Holtan Hills After Second Night of Testimony

The Anchorage Assembly listened to another long night of testimony on the controversial Holtan Hills land transfer in Girdwood, but postponed a vote on the matter to Jan. 10, 2023. Dozens of people braved snowy roads for a second time...

Dave Bronson Failed to Plow the Streets, and the Internet Had a Field Day

Anchorage is battling with historic snowstorms, dumping feet on the city in a matter of days. It’s the sort of thing a city like Anchorage should be prepared for, even if it takes a little longer than normal to...

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