This article was originally published in Alaska Beacon. Alaska school districts risk losing access to up to several hundred thousand dollars in federal funding aimed at homeless students if they ...

The Downtown Hope Center in Anchorage is working to purchase Plaza 201 on East 3rd Avenue in order to expand homeless ...

As we began this year’s legislative session, I focused, as always, on introducing legislation to benefit my constituents and communities across Alaska. Many of the policies I introduced were active ...

An encampment of homeless people is off of 1st Avenue in Anchorage on Nov. 21, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Kitchenman/Alaska Beacon) Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and their ...

Four homeless people died in Anchorage, Alaska, this week amid a storm that dumped more than two feet of snow on parts of the city in just 48 hours. The latest fatalities have added to a soaring death ...

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.

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson gained national attention this summer when he proposed buying one-way airfare out of Alaska's largest city for anyone without housing who wanted to leave before winter.

ANCHORAGE, AlaskaANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson, who wanted to give the homeless one-way plane tickets out of Alaska’s largest city, has lost his bid for re-election. Bronson on ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Every year around this time, Alaska’s biggest city prepares for the freezing-cold winter by getting snowplows and deicing equipment ready. It also has to get hundreds of homeless ...

Alaska school districts risk losing access to up to several hundred thousand dollars in federal funding aimed at homeless students if they aren’t able to commit to spending it by the end of September.

Domestic violence is a leading cause of homelessness for women and their children. Alaska’s major cities are struggling to manage homelessness, especially in the winter, when the stakes for survival ...

TJ Beers stood across the street from the Capitol in a navy suit and held a sign that caught the late afternoon sun on Tuesday. It was printed on a large piece of cardboard, reminiscent of what an ...