Anchorage police report 45 outdoor deaths in 2025. While lower than past years, officials warn homelessness and cold-weather ...

The unhoused people who died outside last year were found across the municipality — in tents, cars, alleyways, parking lots, ...

City officials say they're working to keep people experiencing homelessness safe during Anchorage's frigid cold ...

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 ...

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 ...

At the end of June, Anchorage was estimated to have a little more than 3,150 homeless people, according to the Anchorage Coalition to End Homelessness and only 614 beds at shelters citywide, with no ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance wants to create two overnight car camping spots for homeless people this summer. Farina Brown, with the mayor’s office, said the idea is to increase outreach to those ...

Jul. 16—The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday night voted 7-5 to approve a new measure adding criminal penalties for camping on public lands. According to supporters, the move is one of many the city is ...

Jul. 13—The Anchorage Assembly this week approved requirements and a process for establishing sanctioned homeless camps in the city, setting the stage for a possible pilot project this summer. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...