Mayor wants performance based municipal budget

Mon, Mar 15, 2010

Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan wants to change the way the municipality shapes its annual budget. This/Last week the administration described the new approach it’s taking for next year’s budget.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Assembly to Review Sullivan Insurance Trust

Fri, Mar 12, 2010

The one-of-kind municipal life insurance policy for Anchorage former mayor, the late George Sullivan, continues to attract assembly attention.

That interest remains even after the assembly voted approved paying the insurance trust over $190,000.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Anchorage enters Google’s ultra fast broadband competition

Thu, Mar 11, 2010

Yesterday Mayor Dan Sullivan announced Anchorage was entering the competition to be one of the communities where Google will test its new ultra-high speed, broadband networks.

GoogifiAK.com
Facebook: 1GB Anchorage
APRN: Juneau Might Get Google Bid (3 March 2010)

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Assembly sets Housing First location guidelines

Wed, Mar 3, 2010

After a divided and lengthy public hearing that occupied portions of two meetings, the Anchorage Assembly unanimously approved an ordinance that sets guidelines for housing designed for homeless, chronic alcoholics.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Alaska Monitoring Tsunami Situation

Sat, Feb 27, 2010

The Associated Press – Anchorage

Officials at the Alaska emergency coordination center are monitoring the tsunami situation after the earthquake in Chile. Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs deputy commissioner McHugh Pierre says they will begin to notify communities if the wave develops later Saturday.

Bill Knight is the tsunami warning and science officer at the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center in Palmer. He says based on early morning models of the tsunami, he didn’t expect this to escalate beyond advisory level for Alaska. He says the state has seen far more damaging tsunamis than this one probably will be. Projections of wave measurements include 1.3 feet at Sitka and Seward and 2.3 feet at Kodiak.

West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center

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Shishmaref and West students share schools and photography

Fri, Feb 26, 2010

What’s it like to attend a high school that’s three times larger than your entire village? That’s what a group of Shishmaref students found out this week…while some West High students began to learn about the village they’ll visit in April.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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Three transportation topics dominate mayor’s press conference

Thu, Feb 25, 2010

The city’s buses, bikes and potholes occupied much of Anchorage Mayor’s Dan Sullivan’s weekly press briefing yesterday afternoon.

Anchorage Assembly: An Ordinance Amending Anchorage Municipal Code to Authorize Public Transit Vehicles to Utilize Traffic Preemption Devices (PDF)
Anchorage Assembly Agenda March 2, 2010 [See item 14F for info on Anchorage Bicycle Plan]

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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School board looks at student numbers and discipline actions

Wed, Feb 24, 2010

At this week’s Anchorage School Board meeting, the district released the results of two student tallies. One gave first semester enrollment figures and the other listed suspensions and expulsions.

Len Anderson, KSKA – Anchorage

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National Immigration Reform group Credits Immigrants With Boosting Alaska Economy

Mon, Feb 22, 2010

A national organization pushing for immigration reform has released figures indicating that Alaska’s economy is benefitting from an increase in foreign born residents.

Ellen Lockyer, APRN – Anchorage

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Housing First ordinance produces wide public response

Fri, Feb 19, 2010

The possibility of converting the current Red Roof Inn into a large, Housing First facility for homeless chronic alcoholics has produced a lot of discussion, especially in the hotel’s Fairview neighborhood. Because of a proposed ordinance, that debate is now before the Anchorage Assembly.