Paula Dobbyn

Many people who work on homelessness prevention and addiction treatment think Vivitrol, with wider use, has the potential to reduce the number of people living outdoors in the city.

North Pacific Seafoods Inc. says the Seattle-based company works hard to maintain excellent working and living conditions for all employees.

The isolation and quarantine facilities should be kept separate and high-risk individuals should be moved out of shelters, CDC officials said.

Close to 400 people a night are staying at Sullivan Arena; some are sent to hotels; and others are sleeping outdoors.

Fire marshal says Stay N' Save City Center Motel was a “disaster waiting to happen”

The agency will use the $5 million grant to boost rapid rehousing and homeless prevention to move hundreds of families with kids into stable housing

Services include primary and mental health care, crisis intervention, treatment for substance use disorders and withdrawl symptoms

The woman, who wasn’t immediately identified, is the 13th person to die outdoors in Anchorage this year and the fourth to die in same area since June.

City health officials says 29 hotel rooms remain available for people needing to isolate or quarantine due to virus

The deaths, which police do not consider suspicious, occur as Anchorage grapples with homeless crisis amid pandemic

Forty-one additional COVID-19 cases have been confirmed among other homeless shelters in Anchorage, according to the Emergency Operations Center.

More than 50 people have died outdoors in Anchorage since 2017.

With more than 100 COVID-19 cases among homeless residents, more outreach is happening outside of shelter settings, according to officials.

Results as of Thursday morning bring the total case count to 89 at the Anchorage homeless shelter.

The latest round of testing found 19 people associated with shelter with the novel coronavirus, bringing the total to 79.