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Burglars use truck to smash into Bosco’s comic shop in Spenard — again Published January 29 Share on Facebook Print article A string of break-ins at a popular Anchorage game and comic book store started in July, and this week it happened again: A truck on Thursday smashed through an entryway into Bosco’s event room, resulting in a pile of wreckage and broken glass, the store’s owner said. Anchorage police received a call about the break-in at 12:49 a.m. Thursday, according to police spokeswoman Cherie Zajdzinski-Shirey. Officers are still investigating and no arrests have been m...

Print article We're making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $1.99 for the first month of your subscription. The Anchorage acting mayor’s office plans to further ease some of the municipality’s COVID-19 restrictions in a new emergency order to be announced this week. Capacity restrictions on hospitality businesses like restaurants and bars will change from 25% to 50%, Jason Bockenstedt, chief of staff for Acting Mayor Austin...

Anchorage Assembly to consider city code for mask mandate by The Associated Press Last Updated Jan 27, 2021 at 9:26 am EDT ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An emergency order mandating the use of masks in response to the coronavirus pandemic could be turned into city code by the Anchorage Assembly. Assembly members were expected to introduce ordinances Tuesday that could change mayoral emergency orders into local law, including a requirement for masks to be worn within indoor public places, Anchorage Daily News reported. A mask ordinance would move the matter out of the control of the mayor’s office, ...

It is incredibly cynical to tell us we must choose proper funding for early childhood education or a one-time payment for body cameras.

Anchorage Assembly to consider making mask mandate city code Published January 25 Share on Facebook Print article Some emergency orders put in place by the Anchorage mayor to address the coronavirus pandemic may be turned into city code by the Assembly, including the city’s mask mandate. Several Anchorage Assembly members on Tuesday will introduce ordinances that, if passed, would change four existing emergency orders into citywide ordinances, including the requirement that individuals wear masks while in indoor public places and allowing businesses to give out plastic bags. The ordi...