Anchorage officials have requested the Alaska National Guard’s help to clean up the city’s homeless camps as the snow melts and the coronavirus pandemic continues. The city’s camp abatement process is set to resume on May 1.At a work session of the Anchorage Assembly on Monday, the city’s housing and homeless services coordinator, Nancy Burke, outlined how the federal CARES Act appropriated $1.4 billion for National Guard deployments to support states and local governments in responding to coronavirus. If approved by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, National Guard soldiers could assist city Parks and...…Anchorage officials have requested the Alaska National Guard’s help to clean up the city’s homeless camps as the snow melts and the coronavirus pandemic continues. The city’s camp abatement process is set to resume on May 1.At a work session of the Anchorage Assembly on Monday, the city’s housing and homeless services coordinator, Nancy Burke, outlined how the federal CARES Act appropriated $1.4 billion for National Guard deployments to support states and local governments in responding to coronavirus. If approved by Gov. Mike Dunleavy, National Guard soldiers could assist city Parks and...WW…

Update, 9 a.m. Dec. 1: North Pacific Seafoods Inc. released a statement saying the Seattle-based company works hard to maintain excellent working and living conditions for all employees.“The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority,” the Nov. 25 statement reads.Hundreds of employees, including one of the two named plaintiffs in the recently filed lawsuit, choose to return to work for North Pacific Seafoods year after year for multiple seasons, the company said, including at the Red Salmon seafood plant in Naknek that’s referenced in the suit.“We regularly evaluate...…Update, 9 a.m. Dec. 1: North Pacific Seafoods Inc. released a statement saying the Seattle-based company works hard to maintain excellent working and living conditions for all employees.“The health and safety of our employees is our highest priority,” the Nov. 25 statement reads.Hundreds of employees, including one of the two named plaintiffs in the recently filed lawsuit, choose to return to work for North Pacific Seafoods year after year for multiple seasons, the company said, including at the Red Salmon seafood plant in Naknek that’s referenced in the suit.“We regularly evaluate...WW…

The bodies turn up in snowbanks. Behind utility boxes. Face-down in creeks. In the woods and under bushes.Sometimes they’re found at bus stops, in parking lots or on the sidewalk of busy city streets.At least 53 people have died outdoors in Anchorage since 2017, according to Anchorage police records compiled by the Anchorage Daily News. How many were homeless? No one knows for sure.Anchorage spends tens of millions of dollars every year addressing homelessness. An estimated 1,100 people are officially homeless in Anchorage, and some 7,900 sought some form of homeless assistance in 2019....…The bodies turn up in snowbanks. Behind utility boxes. Face-down in creeks. In the woods and under bushes.Sometimes they’re found at bus stops, in parking lots or on the sidewalk of busy city streets.At least 53 people have died outdoors in Anchorage since 2017, according to Anchorage police records compiled by the Anchorage Daily News. How many were homeless? No one knows for sure.Anchorage spends tens of millions of dollars every year addressing homelessness. An estimated 1,100 people are officially homeless in Anchorage, and some 7,900 sought some form of homeless assistance in 2019....WW…

We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week.One-time payments of up to $1,200, distributed by lottery, will soon be available to Alaskans struggling to make rent and mortgage payments because of pandemic-related income loss.Aimed at preventing homelessness, the payments will come from a $10 million funding pot administered by Alaska Housing Finance Corp. The money stems from the federal .The application...…We're making coronavirus coverage available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider joining others in supporting local journalism in Alaska for just $3.23 a week.One-time payments of up to $1,200, distributed by lottery, will soon be available to Alaskans struggling to make rent and mortgage payments because of pandemic-related income loss.Aimed at preventing homelessness, the payments will come from a $10 million funding pot administered by Alaska Housing Finance Corp. The money stems from the federal .The application...WW…