Port in the News

By Anchorage Daily News editorial board When Gov. Mike Dunleavy rolled out his proposed budget and a general obligation bond package in December, one item on the infrastructure shortlist raised eyebrows: $175 million allocated for the “Knik Arm Port.” When pressed on what that line item referred to, given that there are two ports in Knik Arm of […]

Anchorage Daily News By Zaz Hollander Gov. Mike Dunleavy is proposing a funding injection to shore up Anchorage’s bustling Port of Alaska but linked with the nearly idle port 5 miles across Knik Arm in the governor’s home base of Mat-Su. The Dunleavy administration is suggesting the Municipality of Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna Borough look at forming […]

Anchorage Daily News  By Dave Bronson When I came into office, resolving the homelessness crisis in Anchorage was my No. 1 priority. However, as my team and I assessed the dire situation at the Port of Alaska, it became quite clear that rebuilding and modernizing the port had to become the chief focus of my administration. […]

By Zachariah Hughes Anchorage Daily News The Municipality of Anchorage won a major court victory over the federal government in a long-running dispute centered on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of faulty work done during a project to overhaul the Port of Alaska. Last week, Senior Judge Edward J. Damich with the U.S. Court of Federal […]

By Megan Pacer and Patrick Enslow KTUU After seven years pending in the court system, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims on Thursday ruled in favor of the Municipality of Anchorage in the lawsuit it filed against the U.S. Maritime Administration over the city’s port expansion project. “It’s an enormous vindication of what we’ve been saying all along, […]

By Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media  Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson says his administration is working to bolster economic development in the city through upgrades at the Port of Alaska. “Today, we are one seismic event away from catastrophic failure of our port,” Bronson said Monday during his State of the City address to the Anchorage […]

By: Elwood Brehmer Alaska Journal of Commerce If all continues going largely according to plan, the first major piece of a long-sought and badly needed overhaul to the Port of Alaska will be in service by year-end, according to officials. Construction crews are in their second year of work on the new petroleum and cement […]

Anchorage Daily News Author: Morgan Krakow Question: What are the Conex boxes with observation decks on top for? I have seen two locations: one at the city boat launch at the mouth of Ship Creek and the other in the parking area at Northern Lights and Postmark Drive. Just being curious. These shipping containers near the […]

Alaska Native News By Joe Plesha The House of Representatives passed House Joint Resolution 19, which articulated the need for widespread infrastructure investment in the state of Alaska. The resolution was sponsored by the House Labor and Commerce Committee and identified the areas of need statewide and cited the work of Congress to construct a federal infrastructure […]

Anchorage Daily News Opinion After the terrible devastation COVID-19 wreaked on Alaska’s economy the past year, the one area where Alaska’s elected officials at all levels and of all political parties should reach agreement is getting our economy back on track. The pandemic has killed more than 300 Alaskans and infected nearly 70,000 more, cost […]