The 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 taking to address ...

The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to camp near many public spaces, including schools, playgrounds, public trails and ...

Backers say the measure is designed to prevent entrenched encampments in sensitive areas such as parks or near schools and ...

Anchorage residents want quicker action, and safer streets, parks and trails — and more enforcement when people are blatantly ...

Suzanne LaFrance recently marked her first year as mayor of Alaska’s largest city and discussed some of her accomplishments, ...

Emily Dixon, who lives near the park, said the abatement comes as a relief. For months, she said, neighbors have felt ...

The vote on a proposed public camping ban in Anchorage was postponed on July 11th and is now rescheduled to be voted on ...

City leaders in Anchorage are looking to revitalize the downtown making it a place where locals and tourists want to be. Your ...

The Anchorage Assembly is moving forward on development of a camping ban on some public lands. The ordinance, AO 2025-74 was ...

He invited friend and Olympia City Council candidate Wendy Carlson, and she invited Ginny Burton, a woman who has experienced ...

An unauthorized homeless campground on a county-owned island property is raising safety concerns. The Ward County Commission ...

A federal judge ordered that the indictment against Jason Allen Lynn be dismissed and that the defendant be released because the language in the charging document was impermissibly vague.