Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TJ Beers holds a sign to advocate for the rights of people experiencing homelessness outside the state Capitol on April 9, 2024.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 13—As temperatures across portions of Southcentral Alaska dipped below zero this week, many of Anchorage's homeless shelters ...

The problem is less visible than in nearby Anchorage because unhoused people are employed, and mostly sleeping in their ...

Homeless numbers have remained roughly the same in Anchorage for the last few years and city officials say many people who have been homeless for a long time need addiction treatment or behavioral ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Homeless people in Anchorage, Alaska could get a free one-way plane ticket to Los Angeles and other U.S. cities with warm climates this winter under a plan announced by Anchorage ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Shawn Steik and his wife were forced from a long-term motel room onto the streets of Anchorage after their rent shot up to $800 a month. Now they live in a tent encampment by a ...

Unhoused people accounted for nearly a quarter of the Alaskans who were hospitalized with cold-related injuries like frostbite and hypothermia from 2012 to 2021, according to a report released by the ...

On this episode of Alaska Insight, host Lori Townsend is joined by Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and Farina Brown, special assistant to the mayor for homelessness and health, to discuss the plan ...

As wildfires continue to ignite and burn across Alaska’s Interior, warm weather in Southcentral Alaska over the July Fourth weekend contributed to several small blazes within the Municipality of ...

As temperatures across portions of Southcentral Alaska dipped below zero this week, many of Anchorage’s homeless shelters were already full. “Last night (Wednesday) was kind of our high-water mark, ...