Another Anchorage homeless camp set ablaze along Seward Highway
The fire is the latest incident in an ongoing effort to address growing vandalism, arson and criminal activity associated with Anchorage’s chronic homeless
Anchorage criminalizes illegal encampments on public property
In a narrow 7-5 vote on July 15, the Anchorage Assembly passed an ordinance that criminalizes illegal camping in public parks and property across Alaska’s largest
Anchorage Assembly set to vote on plan to criminalize illegal encampments
On July 15, the Anchorage Assembly could vote to approve a proposal to criminalize the growing problem of illegal encampments, which have trashed parks and public properties across the city. The proposed ordinance is on the unfinished business agenda for the
July 11 meeting set on plan to impose jail/fines for illegal Anchorage homeless camps
Anchorage residents will have another chance to tell the Anchorage Assembly what they think of a proposed ordinance that would punish unauthorized encampments around the city with up to six months in jail and up to $2,000 in
Anchorage Assembly to consider jail time, fines for illegal encampments
Amid a growing crisis of sprawling and often crime-riddled homeless camps in city parks and neighborhoods, the Anchorage Assembly is set to consider a new ordinance that would punish unauthorized encampments with up to six months in jail and up to $2,000 in
Anchorage mom struggles to find safe park for kids amid ‘dying city,’ ruled by inebriates & drug addicts
When our local Anchorage government refuses to enforce the laws on the books, then vagrants, public inebriates, and drug addicts rule the
Citizens’ anger boils over as Anchorage mayor defends record on homeless crisis
Anchorage's homeless crisis is not new, but it has grown noticeably worse under the hard-leftist management of the Anchorage Assembly – which for many years included now-Mayor Suzanne
Mayor Bronson cleans out illegal homeless campsite in downtown Anchorage
Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson has directed that a large number of prohibited homeless campsites and assorted structures be removed from the site of Third Street and Ingra. “Today I directed municipal resources to clean up the growing number of homeless camps
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