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Zachariah Hughes

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Zachariah Hughes

    New report shows far more Alaskans are struggling financially than federal data suggests (opens the original)

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    A new report from Alaska-based organizations and researchers shows that a far greater share of the state’s families and residents are financially struggling than official government statistics suggest. The United Way of Anchorage released its “ALICE in Alaska” report Monday, with “ALICE” standing for “Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.” The term has grown popular in recent years with economists, policy analysts and advocates to describe the class of people working full ti

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Zachariah Hughes

    Wrecked parking meters have cost Anchorage more than $400K in 9 months (opens the original)

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    All along downtown Anchorage, there are grave markers: hip-high metal poles shorn of their tops. Someone — potentially multiple culprits — is beheading and stealing parking meters. Once gone, all that remain are the naked galvanized steel bones. Officials in Anchorage say there has been at least $409,000 in damage to parking meters since the start of the year. Approximately 469 meters scattered all over downtown have been destroyed, removed or robbed, according to officials with the Anchorag

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Zachariah Hughes

    Anchorage Assembly adds veteran preferences to municipal contracting rules (opens the original)

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    The Anchorage Assembly wants to do more business with military veterans. As of this month, the city has new rules on the books affecting how much favor is granted to veteran-owned firms competing for municipal contracts. “The impetus was we were looking to find some good policy area we could move the Assembly on to keep veteran-owned businesses in Anchorage,” said Jared Goecker, who represents Chugiak-Eagle River on the Assembly and was one of the measure’s two sponsors. “The goal there

  4. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Zachariah Hughes

    Former Anchorage Assembly Chair Dick Traini dies at 77 (opens the original)

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    The longest-serving member of the Anchorage Assembly, Dick Traini, died last week. He was 77, and passed surrounded by family and friends, according to Sandy Traini, his wife of more than 50 years. “He did so many different things,” she said Wednesday about Traini’s extensive career in public service and on the Assembly. Traini represented Midtown off and on for nearly three decades between 1991 and 2019. Though Assembly members are limited to serving three consecutive terms, Traini had periods

  5. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Zachariah Hughes

    Former Anchorage Assembly Chair Dick Traini dies at 77 (opens the original)

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    The longest-serving member of the Anchorage Assembly, Dick Traini, died on Friday. He was 77, and passed surrounded by family and friends, according to Sandy Traini, his wife of more than 50 years. “He did so many different things,” she said Wednesday about Traini’s extensive career in public service and on the Assembly. Traini represented Midtown off and on for nearly three decades between 1991 and 2019. Though Assembly members are limited to serving three consecutive terms, Traini had pe

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