Anchorage considers tightening dog leash law after years of citizen complaints Published February 5
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Print article A proposed change to Anchorage’s leash law would rule out electronic collars and require dogs to be walked on a physical leash in public places. Changes to the leash law have been in the works for years and came after repeated complaints and reports of off-leash and aggressive dogs, said Michelle Sinnott, who is a chair of the volunteer-based Title 17 committee that is working under the Animal Control Advisory Board to draft the ordinance. An average of about 2,400 calls are received by Anchorage Animal Care and Control each year about off-leash or unconfined animals, mostly dogs, said Tamiah Liebersbach, the administration manager for the municipal health department, which works alongside the Animal Control Advisory Board. Hundreds of the calls are regarding an aggressive animal, she said.
on local history by local historian David Reamer. Have a question about Anchorage history or an idea for a future article? Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Behind every Anchorage street name is a story. Of course, some of these stories are longer than others, with drama, crime and standout characters. Spenard Road is one such example. Thankfully, most streets lack an infamous backstory. The following are some of the shorter but still important local street name origins. A drive through most Anchorage neighborhoods reveals patterns in the street names. In general, residential streets are often named by some combination of developers and residents. Developers, and city planning departments that approve names, tend to be partial to themes. Collectively named streets are one helpful step toward the construction of a community identity. Where the neighborhood identity goes from there is another story (i.e., dead presidents in Spenard).
Person dies in Spenard pedestrian collision, Anchorage police say Author: Anchorage Daily News
Print article A person died in a collision with a vehicle Friday night in Anchorage’s Spenard neighborhood, police said. Patrol officers responded to the crash at the intersection of Minnesota Drive and West 35th Avenue just before 7:30 p.m. Friday, police said in an alert. Traffic Unit investigators were at the scene, according to police. Additional details were not immediately provided. Police said the victim will be identified after next of kin have been notified. It was the second fatal pedestrian collision police reported in as many days. On Thursday evening, a person who was crossing the Glenn Highway near Airport Heights Drive was struck and killed by a vehicle, according to police. The day before that, a pedestrian was hit by a car on Tudor Road east of the Seward Highway and was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, police said. Neither were in a crosswalk at