Chris Conners applied fresh white paint to the walls of a downtown office building Thursday, sprucing it up for new tenants. The former Port Heiden resident will soon be among them. He's the ...

Anchorage leaders, mental health experts and homeless advocates say they're encouraged by new projects in the works to address Alaska's severe shortage of psychiatric and behavioral health ...

Several changes and new programs coupled with more arrests could help tamp down some of the downtown mayhem, city leaders say ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Two Norwegian filmmakers say their debut documentary, Anchorage Welcomes You, is meant to put viewers face-to-face with people living on Anchorage streets — not to prescribe ...

Homeless people in Anchorage, Alaska could get a free one-way plane ticket to Los Angeles and other U.S. cities with warmer climates this winter under a proposal announced by Anchorage's mayor.

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 ...

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 ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska wildlife officials have killed four black bears in a campground recently reserved for people in Anchorage who are homeless. Employees from the Alaska Department of Fish ...

The halls are lined with lockers and portraits of elders at the Anna Tobeluk Memorial School in Nunapitchuk, Alaska. October 12, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) Alaska school districts ...

Over the past two years, nearly 100 homeless Alaskans died on the streets of Anchorage. Last week, Anchorage Democratic Sen. Elvi Gray-Jackson introduced legislation that seeks to codify the rights of ...