Do the tiny homes being built for the unhorsed have bathrooms or kitchens? They seem awfully small

I searched through the subreddit, and couldnt' find many current answers. I am planning to drive to Anchorage to visit next summer, with the idea that if I liked it enough to stay I just might. I am currently a special education English teacher in the southwest. Does anyone have the current lowdown? Still a pretty good shortage? Is that because it's bad? Or simply, not good? Thanks in advance.

Anybody know if there’s a Carrs, Fred’s, Walgreens, other, that has one of those sit down blood pressure machines that’s available to the public in town?

What the heck was that 30 or so pops about 5:20 am this morning in the college village/rogers park area?

https://www.muni.org/Departments/OCPD/Planning/Projects/Pages/TSDO.aspx

Curious to get the community’s reaction to this proposal, whether you live in the affected area or not. Basically, raises the allowable height of buildings, decreases setbacks, and allows smaller subdivisions of lots thru a tax abatement process.

I just spent my first week ever in Anchorage and absolutely loved it. Wonderful people, stunning surroundings.

But the grocery stores felt kinda sad. I shopped at Fred Meyer, and while I get that all of us in the lower 48 do eat imported fruits and veg much of the year, the selection in Anchorage felt limited and pricey by comparison, and the produce quality was worse. I’m in the Midwest, and Farmers markets and fresh local seasonal produce are abundant. Did I just miss finding that in my admittedly superficial time in Alaska? Obviously, you have amazing wild berries in the summer and fish year round, but what about the rest of it?

EDIT: to be clear, after spending one week there, Alaska seems a hell of a lot better and more beautiful place to live than much of the lower 48. The food thing just seemed more complicated, and I’m grateful for so many people who shared their ingenious solutions.

It’s almost fall. State Fair time is always a sign for me. What do you do mentally, physically, etc to prep for the change in seasons? I’m dreading a bit and need some inspo

It’s been almost 50 years since the Municipality of Anchorage was established on September 16, 1975. Our local government – and our community – is younger than you’d think, yet we’ve come a long way in a short time.

For the next few weeks leading up to the 50th anniversary, let’s hear the stories of the good, the bad, and the wild here in Anchor Town.

Week 1 - Reminisce on years ending in “6”: 1976 / 1986 / 1996 / 2006 / 2016

Week 2 - Reminisce on years ending in "7": 1977 / 1987 / 1997 / 2007 / 2017

Week 3 - Reminisce on years ending in "8": 1978 / 1988 / 1998 / 2008 / 2018

Week 4 - Reminisce on years ending in "9": 1979 / 1989 / 1999 / 2009 / 2019

Week 5 - Reminisce on years ending in "0": 1980 / 1990 / 2000 / 2010 / 2020

Week 6 - We skipped because the President was in town. Sorry!

It's Week 7! Tell me a true story from the last fifty years in Anchorage that happened during a year that ends with “1”: 1981 / 1991 / 2001 / 2011 / 2021.

Featured Image from the Office of Emergency Management - I believe this is post-9/11 wildfire exercise. Big 2000s nostalgia.

These are shots taken from the planned raid on the Chelsea Inn. Finally this blight is being shut down.

Experience here? Good, bad, indifferent? Considering a move here shortly.

Shakey

H3 Is performing tonight in Town Square Park at the Anchorage Summer Night Market!

In the past, I've had expensive robotic lawn mowers and e-bikes shipped through Carlile's MyConnect service to Anchorage. Most of the sellers of these things don't want to spend the extra cost of having FedEx or UPS extend their delivery to Alaska.

From the quick glance I had of their new Terms & Conditions when they made me change my password it seems anything with lithium batteries is now hazardous. Of course they don't make it easy/possible to find those Terms & Conditions online.

So shipper beware! I believe they also instituted a new minimum shipping fee which makes sending low value items uneconomic.

I’ve flown over a few times recently to/from Kenai, and thought it might be faster to ask here rather than call CEA… What determines whether/when the mills turn? Is it weather? Load demand? Some combination of those, or other? Just curious! ⚡️

Looking to collect some fresh local spring or glacier water to consume and I heard it’s possible I just don’t know where.

I tried some melting off glaciers on the way to girdwood. It was ok it just had a lot of debris in it.

Has anyone done this before?

Is it safe?

I can also filter it or also distill it on my own too but I’m just curious if there’s any secret spot anyone knows of.

Thanks!

Opinion: Begich, Trump and Dunleavy have been a disaster for Alaska’s construction industry By Frank Gwartney

U.S. Rep. Nick Begich and Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, recently wrote an op-ed in the ADN about the Trump administration’s energy record (“Alaska is building again.”) It stunk like the moldy carpets in one of Trump’s unmaintained hotels. In my opinion, Trump, Begich, and Gov. Mike Dunleavy will go down in history as the worst politicians in Alaska’s history from the perspective of the construction industry and jobs. Their job-killing policies and bizarre attacks on rural energy projects are completely at odds with the longstanding Alaska tradition of tech-neutral support for energy development, which was championed by Ted Stevens, Don Young and Lisa Murkowski.

In his last year in office, Don Young worked with Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan to win a filibuster-proof margin for the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the largest infrastructure investment since the interstate highway system. After Rep. Young tragically passed away, former Rep. Mary Peltola helped pass the Inflation Reduction Act, super-charging energy investment. Peltola, Murkowski and Sullivan also worked successfully to win approval for the Willow project. Contrast that to the Dunleavy administration’s slow-rolling development of Santos’ Pikka project by holding up permits both for road access and an essential seawater treatment plant. Meanwhile, the Dunleavy administration so thoroughly politicized the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) — which is supposed to be data-driven — that Dunleavy lost tens if not hundreds of millions in federal investment.

Dunleavy bungling the STIP would have been bad enough for our industry, but then Trump and Congress canceled energy development projects across Alaska and eliminated domestic energy development tax incentives. Trump canceled rural energy projects in Kotzebue and numerous other rural communities, slashing $40 million. Even worse, when Congress passed this year’s partisan budget reconciliation bill, the elimination of energy tax credits immediately caused Golden Valley Electric Association to halt progress on the Shovel Creek wind project. Shovel Creek and Little Mount Susitna (in the Mat-Su Valley) were the most feasible projects to reduce Alaska dependence on imported LNG. Trump’s cabinet members have visited Alaska to glad-hand, but they haven’t brought back investment in critical projects their own administration has cancelled.

Now our industry faces an even more dire threat: Mike Dunleavy vetoed state matching money, appropriated by the legislature, that’s necessary to bring in federal transportation investment (highways, airports, bridges, etc). Dunleavy is the first governor in Alaska history to veto state match, and his totally reckless action now endangers Alaska’s match rate of 7% state to 93% federal money. We have the best match rate in the U.S., but unreliable state funding due to Dunleavy endangers that match. Road builders already are hurting because of Dunleavy’s incompetence with the STIP, and now are at risk of having to sell equipment just to avoid bankruptcy as Dunleavy endangers $600 million for the summer 2026 construction season.

I wish I could say that Trump’s cancellation of energy projects, anti-development tax policy and Dunleavy’s total incompetence with road policy were the only challenges created by this wrecking crew. Unfortunately, Trump and congressional Republicans’ recent budget bill will burden contractors with even more costs. The budget bill allows Big Pharma to charge billions more for the same prescriptions, which will lead to price increases starting with Medicare and rippling through private insurance rates as well. Kicking Alaskans off Medicaid, which will be the effect of intentionally Byzantine red tape, will increase uncompensated care and further drive up rates for employers with health coverage. All of this will make it harder for contractors to break even, much less grow their businesses and expand opportunities for Alaskans.

For generations, Alaskans were lucky to have stable, bipartisan support for our construction and energy industries. Not anymore. Trump and Begich’s bizarre vendetta against renewable energy leaves Alaskans dependent on foreign energy with volatile prices. Dunleavy’s appalling mismanagement of DOTPF and basic applications for federal funds endangers every road builder in the state. There’s a theme here: Incompetence is terrible for business, and Alaska desperately needs better leadership to restore a climate of job growth.

Frank Gwartney is a retired electrical worker and resident of Anchorage.

Hi! is Anchorage airport ok to sleep in if you need to pick up luggage??? i know it is good if you dont have to, but are there spots to rest once you exit?

IE. car rental area, luggage area, go back in to check in area?? errr I thought i wouldnt need to check luggage but i do and now i'm stranded with $450 hotels - id rather try and get a few hours of sleep in airpoirt. will have gear for sleeping if that helps... thanks!!!