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

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

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

The majority of incidents were “just small grass fires” that the fire department quickly extinguished, an official said.

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

Jun. 19—Three members of the Anchorage Assembly have introduced a measure that would add criminal penalties when people sleep or camp in public areas in the city, including parks, trails and ...

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

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.

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

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