On Friday, the Anchorage Assembly authorized an expansion of the permissible capacity at its mass shelter on East 56th Avenue ...

May 14—For the past three summers, May in Anchorage meant the closure of city-funded homeless shelters, and an exodus of campers into the greenbelts of Anchorage. Sprawling illegal camps, some housing ...

The 32 units will give people experiencing homelessness and struggling with a substance abuse disorder a place to receive ...

Mar. 8—The leader of the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness is raising alarm over an "escalating affordable housing emergency" in the municipality. During a Friday news conference, coalition ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance’s administration announced it will be issuing over $5 million in direct housing assistance to help address the city’s homeless crisis. LaFrance made the announcement ...

May 13—After a hopeful, months-long lull, Anchorage homeless outdoor death numbers are again up, but happening at a slower pace than last year's record toll. Ten people have died in what are ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said her administration is working to ramp up the clearing of major homeless camps. At a press conference Wednesday, she said her team would start to abate two large ...

Aug. 16—An Anchorage man is accused of threatening and firing a shotgun at people in a Midtown homeless encampment earlier this week. No one was injured in the Tuesday night incident, police said.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Anchorage Mayor ...

Sep. 25—Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has tasked Farina Brown, special assistant in homelessness and health, with tackling some of the city's most urgent and complex issues. Brown started work in ...

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police say a body was found Wednesday in a homeless camp in midtown Anchorage. Police in a release said the body of a male was found in a camp a short distance away from a home ...

Over the past two years, nearly 100 homeless Alaskans died on the streets of Anchorage. This week, Anchorage Democratic Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson introduced legislation that seeks to codify the rights of ...