On Aug. 13, 16-year-old Easter Leafa was shot by Anchorage police, prompting community outrage and a series of reforms from ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance on Tuesday discussed measures the city is undertaking this summer to improve public safety in Alaska's largest city. "The violent crime rate in Anchorage has been ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said the city has cleared 23 homeless camps so far this year, and it will abate two large ...

For the past three summers, May in Anchorage meant the closure of city-funded homeless shelters, and an exodus of campers ...

Fairview residents have found support in city leaders, including with a program for shuttles to nearby stores.

“This is a very different summer,” said Farina Brown, a special assistant to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance who focuses on homelessness issues. “It’s going to feel different.” That doesn’t ...

The family of Easter Leafa, the 16-year-old who died in an officer involved shooting in August, and the Municipality of Anchorage have reached a $2.11 million dollar settlement. According to a release ...

Anchorage will pay $2.11M to the family of Easter Leafa, a teen killed in a 2024 police shooting. The settlement ends civil ...

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance says her administration is working to ramp up the clearing of major homeless camps. At a press conference on Wednesday. LaFrance said her team would start to abate ...

The Brooksville community is rallying around a 100-year-old fire truck, and they are now in search of one important part to ...

Anchorage residents could be seeing a heightened focus on public safety as the LaFrance administration prepares to roll out a ...

Anchorage residents packed City Hall to demand action from Mayor LaFrance on homelessness, focusing on safety near camps like ...