Jeremy Hsieh, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage
Jeremy Hsieh covers Anchorage with an emphasis on housing, homelessness, infrastructure and development. Reach him at jhsieh@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8428. Read more about Jeremy here.
As Anchorage’s mass shelter winds down, workers push to smooth transition for homeless residents
Even though the reality of the coming closure is sinking in, a lot of people in the shelter only had vague plans.
Anchorage’s Sullivan Arena shelter will close to hundreds Monday
Up to 90 people with mobility or other impairments will be able to stay in the shelter until May 31.
Anchorage Assembly to consider keeping Sullivan Arena shelter open in limited capacity
The extension is expected to be a last-minute addition to the Assembly’s agenda at its next regular meeting..
Anchorage’s winter shelters are closing soon. What then?
Most people will have to start camping outside as Anchorage Assembly members and service agencies plot what’s next.
No, the Sullivan Arena won’t be a shelter beyond April
With fresh snow and nowhere else to go, a consultant recommended keeping the mass shelter open into May.
Anchorage Assembly suspends relationship with Russian sister city
The action comes more than a year after Russia invaded Ukraine and Gov. Mike Dunleavy called on Alaska cities to cut these ties.
Anchorage’s latest municipal attorney says public service drew her to the job
Anne Helzer is Mayor Bronson’s fourth pick to lead the city’s legal department. She was well received at her confirmation hearing.
Head of Anchorage trash services resigns
It’s the second resignation announcement in Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration in as many days.
Half-mile stretch of Anchorage’s 15th Avenue closed due to sinkhole
A drainage culvert beneath the street failed, causing the sinkhole.
Left-of-center candidates lead in most Anchorage Assembly races
Both Anchorage School Board incumbents appear on track to keep their seats.
A masked man assaulted an ADN photographer looking into campaign sign vandalism
The incident comes amid what a campaign consultant says is an unprecedented level of sign theft and vandalism this election cycle.
Today is the last day to vote in Anchorage’s by-mail election. Here’s what to know.
The ballots are long this year, with questions on some filling up all four sides of two ballot cards.
Contractor sues Anchorage for unpaid work on shelter
The acting municipal attorney previously said that if the contractor sued, the city would lose.
Connecting the Seward and Glenn highways scarred Fairview. Now, lots of agencies want to make it right.
The Anchorage neighborhood recently won a federal grant specifically for repairing damage to the community from past transportation projects.
Politics and pessimism are weighing down Anchorage’s latest push for a new homeless shelter
City officials have repeatedly failed to establish new, low-barrier shelter spaces, and repeatedly fallen back on using the Sullivan Arena as one.
Anchorage Assembly threatens legal action over Bronson admin’s illegal contract authorization
The mayor and Assembly leaders say they hope they can sort out their differences with each other, then settle up with Roger Hickel Contracting.
Anchorage Assembly sues Mayor Bronson to force disclosures about former health department head
Several Assembly members previously accused the administration of using confidentiality to hide the lackluster investigation from the public.
Furor over mail-in voting fades as Anchorage prepares for April election
It peaked in 2021. Anchorage’s election administrator thinks increasing transparency around election operations has helped settle the public’s concerns.
ACLU sues Alaska prison system over forced medication policy
The ACLU says Mark Andrews' experience shows that a policy affecting many people in state custody with mental illness should be struck down.
Anchorage Assembly orders third-party oversight of emergency cold-weather shelters
The city will hire a consultant to receive and investigate complaints, after the homelessness coalition said clients’ basic needs are not being met.