The Assembly on Tuesday night voted 7-5 to approve a new measure adding criminal penalties for camping on public lands. According to supporters, the move is one of many the city is taking to address ...

The ordinance makes it a misdemeanor to camp near many public spaces, including schools, playgrounds, public trails and ...

Organizers are trying to collect enough signatures so that voters can decide in the spring whether to establish an inspector ...

The Anchorage Assembly will be taking up the proposed prohibition on camping on public lands again at their meeting on ...

Jesse Lee Jones was convicted of killing of Josiah Goecker, the leasing manager at the Midtown Anchorage apartment complex ...

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said he expects calls will go up — at least initially — now that the Anchorage Assembly has passed an ordinance that criminalizes camping in certain areas of the city.

The Assembly is weighing a proposal to eliminate and modify several municipal regulations affecting in-home nurseries and day care centers for kids. The intent, according to members of Mayor Suzanne ...

The Anchorage Assembly passed a new law making it a crime to camp in certain parts of the municipality. The goal is to crack down on entrenched camps, the city says, that are unsafe for the folks ...

The vote on a proposed public camping ban in Anchorage was postponed on July 11th and is now rescheduled to be voted on ...

Feb. 23—The Anchorage Assembly has authorized its attorneys to take legal action in an ongoing disagreement with three Southcentral Alaska utilities over their draft plan to restore water flow ...

Apr. 5—The Anchorage Assembly is set to consider an ordinance that would place new restrictions on homeless camping and give the city more power to tear down encampments in some cases — and ...

Nov. 20—The Anchorage Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved the 2025 city budget after making just a few changes to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance's $638.9 million general spending plan. The budget is ...