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More than 500 people sought shelter earlier this week at Sullivan Arena, where the shelter’s official capacity is 400.

Dr. John Morris didn’t say why he is resigning. Other Bronson administration officials working on homelessness issues have resigned or been fired recently.

Prevo, now the president of Liberty University, was recorded apparently pushing for the school to wield more political influence. “I have a 50c3 church,” he was recorded saying, according to Politico. “For 30 years, I’ve known how to handle that and not get into trouble.”

“When I saw him, it scared me so bad,” she said. “It took my breath away. He literally looked like he was dying.”

Anchorage has made the case it has the raw ingredients to host: cold, trails, rinks, hotel rooms and air travel connectivity. But one major factor is cost.

Assembly member Jamie Allard tried to intervene on behalf of an Anchorage man who died this week.

Six people have died in Alaska Department of Corrections custody since the beginning of the pandemic.

The proposal would create multiple shelters and housing options targeted to subsets of the homeless population.

The Daily News used police reports on “outdoor deaths” and autopsy data for a unique analysis. Hypothermia was the top cause of death.

Like strip malls and the color beige, split-level homes are an unglamorous but quintessential part of Anchorage’s built environment.

Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson on Wednesday defended mask opponents’ choice to wear Stars of David. On Thursday, he said he should have “chosen his words more carefully.”

Shanette Harper and her brother texted through what seemed like a manageable case of COVID-19. Until the day he collapsed.

The sentencing ends the criminal legal case in one of the most notorious recent homicides in Alaska.

Public confusion about which deaths are officially attributed to COVID-19 has lingered.

The municipality awarded a bid to run the Sullivan Arena to 99 Plus 1, Inc., which has only a few days to hire staff and assume management of the shelter from the current operator, Bean’s Cafe.