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 ...

Data from the 2026 Point in Time Count shows a 28% reduction in the number of people sleeping outside compared to the year ...

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.

For a few weeks, Amanda Ramos was simply annoyed by the disturbances and suspicious activity trickling out of a growing homeless encampment next to her West Anchorage neighborhood. But, she said, 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 Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said her administration is working to ramp up the clearing of major homeless camps. At a press conference Wednesday, she said her team would start to abate two large ...

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 (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 ...