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Based in Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News offers news, features and commentary with a statewide focus.
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Opinion: A housing compromise Anchorage can live with
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (344+ words) Housing policy should not divide us when we are all interested in solving the same problems. We need to focus on solutions that respect people whether they are low income, middle income or high income. Anchorage has some rough edges…...
Opinion: Anchorage needs more housing, but residents deserve a real say in how we get there
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (294+ words) We want to thank Mayor Suzanne LaFrance for recently inviting Anchorage residents to participate in a conversation about her goal of building 10,000 homes in 10 years. It was encouraging to see residents from neighborhoods across the city come together to share…...
Anchorage city leaders prepare for ‘tough choices’ during upcoming budget cycle
1+ week, 2+ day ago (780+ words) Although it’s too soon to know the size of the municipality’s budget deficit for 2027, Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she expects to face “difficult decisions.” The Municipality of Anchorage’s preliminary budget projections for 2027 show relatively stable revenues for the coming year....
Anchorage proposes swapping Tozier Track for state-owned downtown lot to build more housing
1+ week, 4+ day ago (522+ words) Development officials within the Municipality of Anchorage want to trade an unused parcel of land in Midtown for a state-owned plot downtown that’s long been a parking lot. The idea behind the trade is to get more housing built in…...
Opinion: DOT is choosing to build the Safer Seward Highway controversy instead of safer Anchorage roads
1+ week, 4+ day ago (178+ words) The Anchorage Daily News editorial board is right that the July 1 crash at Potter Marsh was a horror, and that the Seward Highway’s narrow, undivided lanes make a head-on collision a matter of when, not if (“The road ahead for…...
Several Alaska legislative candidates drop out ahead of general election
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1255+ words) JUNEAU — The field of legislative candidates for Alaska’s general election is set after several candidates dropped out or failed to receive enough votes to advance from the August primary. The state’s official primary results were certified Monday morning, and the…...
Pressure grows for a consolidated GOP field in Alaska governor’s race as deadline nears
1+ week, 6+ day ago (530+ words) The fifth-place finisher in Alaska’s gubernatorial primary is calling on the third- and fourth-place finishers to consolidate into a single ticket as the Monday deadline for candidates to withdraw looms. On both sides of the political aisle, some candidates and…...
Top candidates in Alaska governor’s race say they are weighing a consolidated field as primary results come in
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1264+ words) Two Democrats and two Republicans emerged as the top four vote-getters after early results were counted in Alaska’s gubernatorial primary Tuesday, but with thousands of ballots remaining to be counted, questions remain on the identity and strategy of candidates who…...
Democrats lead Alaska governor’s race in early primary election vote counts
3+ week, 5+ day ago (338+ words) Early results in Alaska’s open race for governor show two Democrats leading a crowded field that includes 12 Republicans. With 86,549 ballots counted as of 9 p.m. Tuesday, accounting for just under half of Alaska precincts, former Sitka state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins was…...
In photos: Candidates compete for attention in Anchorage on primary election day
3+ week, 5+ day ago (114+ words) Anchorage Daily News Voters streamed into polling places around the city as candidates waved signs from street corners and gathered with their supporters. Candidates in several Alaska races tried to rally votes in their favor by waving signs from Midtown…...