Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said he expects calls will go up — at least initially — now that the Anchorage Assembly has passed an ordinance that criminalizes camping in certain areas of the city.

Anchorage Police and city agencies started cleaning homeless camps in Russian Jack North. Residents received notices and ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

The mayor’s proposal would criminalize camping in other places, too, including near shelters, highways and daycares.

I penned a My Turn entitled “Homeless Not Helpless” for the Juneau Empire. In that column, I defended then-Mayor Koelsch’s ...

A proposal by the mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, to fly homeless people to warmer climates or other Alaska cities underscores the homeless crisis affecting the state's largest city, and the unique ...

A homeless camp has formed along East 33rd Avenue in Midtown Anchorage after the recent abatement of the encampment at nearby Fairbanks Street. Photographed on Thursday, August 8, 2024.