Wesley Early

Police body camera footage of an encounter between an Anchorage officer and 24-year-old James Afuvai. Afuvai was shot and killed after running towards an officer with a knife. (Anchorage Police Dpartment)

Anchorage police lights flash behind crime scene tape. (Valerie Lake / Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage restaurants like 49th State Brewing will soon be required to check all IDs before serving alcohol. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

“We were hoping that it would be providing significant time savings for our officers, but we did not find that to be the case,” said APD Deputy Chief of Administration Gina Burrington.

(left to right) Enstar CEO John Sims, Chugach Electric government affairs manager Trish Baker, Northern Journal journalist Nat Herz, Kenai Peninsula Borough Mayor Peter Micciche and REAP executive director Chris Rose speak on a panel during an Anchorage Assembly retreat on Southcentral Alaska energy. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

Shoppers come and go from Fred Meyer and Carrs stores that face each other across the Seward Highway in Midtown Anchorage on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. The parent companies of the competing businesses, Kroger and Albertsons, want to merge. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

Anchorage City Hall on Dec. 8, 2020 (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

Michael Alto was charged with fatally shooting a man near a homeless camp a day before he was shot by an Anchorage police officer.

If approved by voters, elections would be held in even-numbered years and term limits for mayor, Assembly and school board would increase from three to four years.

The roughly $200,000 contract, approved by the Assembly, will allow for a warm space to serve unhoused residents and those without adequate heating at their homes.