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

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

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 ...

Homelessness is the No. 1 issue my constituents raise in the North Anchorage district I represent in the Alaska State House. Homelessness hurts all of us. Living unsheltered is dangerous, and housing ...

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 ...

Assembly Member Felix Rivera says the city is working to reduce homeless deaths in 2026 and understands there are multiple ...

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This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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

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 ...