Hannah Flor

Data show pedestrian deaths are concentrated in a few areas of the city, like East Downtown, which includes Gambell Street, pictured here on March 3, 2023.

Crystal and Tyler Howie say the lessons they learned and the customer base they built will make it easier to weather the current tough economy.

The free registration is a data-gathering tool for future municipal housing plans.

The Downtown Hope Center in Anchorage is working to purchase Plaza 201 on East 3rd Avenue in order to expand homeless services. Photographed May 8, 2026.

However unlikely, that's the plan under a budget resolution the Anchorage School Board passed Tuesday. It directs the Anchorage School District to reverse course on closing three elementary schools – Campbell STEM, Fire Lake and Lake Otis – if the Legislature boosts the state's school funding formula by $920 per student.

Josh Villanueva, a Hotshot crew member, wets down the area around a prescribed burn near Hilltop Ski Area on May 23, 2025.

Housing construction underway near Sand Lake on July 5, 2023.

A man walks through a homeless camp in Anchorage's Cuddy Park on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024.

They credit the change to a balance between enforcement and diversion programs.

According to Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case, behavioral health and substance misuse issues are at the heart of the city’s high number of police shootings.