Emily Goodykoontz

Sharon Lechner gave Bronson her resignation letter April 30 just after the Assembly unanimously approved revisions to the city budget that evening.

Contractors and equipment and have been staged on site and ready for weeks — starting at a cost of about $100,000 per day for the idle resources, according to a city memorandum.

May 10—The Municipality of Anchorage is trying to fix a funding problem that has threatened to halt progress on the huge modernization project underway at the Don Young Port of Alaska.

Ken Vartan exits a voting booth after casting his ballot in the Anchorage Assembly Chambers at the Loussac Library in the 2023 municipal election. (Bill Roth / ADN archive)

Election officials Dean Cox, left, and Aaron Ace Dube place ballot envelopes that were picked up from a drop box at the Loussac Library

Former Assembly chair LaFrance received 55% of the vote and had an 10-point lead over Mayor Bronson in early results posted Tuesday.

Candidates Suzanne LaFrance, left, Dave Bronson campaign on the election night, May 14, 2024. Anne Raup and Bill Roth / ADN)

May 15—As ballots continue to be tallied in Anchorage's runoff election, former Assembly Chair Suzanne LaFrance is holding her lead over Mayor Dave Bronson.

Suzanne LaFrance answers a question at a mayoral candidate forum at the BP Energy Center in Anchorage on February 6, 2024. (Marc Lester / ADN)

A pedestrian crosses Fifth Avenue at C Street in downtown Anchorage during the rainfall on Monday, July 10, 2023. (Bill Roth / ADN)