Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said the decision for the municipality to enter into a $2.11 million settlement with the ...

Alaska’s largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot by a police officer ...

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

Alaska's largest city has reached a $2.1 million settlement with the family of a 16-year-old girl who was holding a knife last August when she was fatally shot ...

Mayor LaFrance said key areas of focus are staffing in city departments, less crime and greater accountability, more crisis ...

The family of Easter Leafa, the 16-year-old who died in an officer-involved shooting in August, and the Municipality of ...

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

A plan from Mayor LaFrance includes hundreds of shelter beds, camp abatement, social services and enforcement. Some are ...

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

May 7—Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance has proposed new criminal penalties for people who start unauthorized fires in the municipality, part of what the administration says is an effort to ...

May 20—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 ...