Emily Goodykoontz

The Next Step initiative has moved 177 people into housing and provides them a year of rent assistance and case management support.

A statement issued Friday by the union president followed reforms announced by the mayor and police chief after an officer shot and killed a 16-year-old girl this week.

Police said they received multiple calls reporting that a man was firing a shotgun from a Chevy pickup truck near the 3300 block of Eagle Street just after 11 p.m. on Tuesday.

The mayor’s office said the administration is reviewing and considering the suggestions made by three community teams that focused on “safe streets and trails,” “building our future” and “good government.”

Church leaders say the encampment shows why the shelter village is needed. Neighbors want the city to clear out the encampment, worried it will harm the project.

Business owners say the new encampment has brought a surge of problems and crime to the area. Homeless residents say they moved there because they had nowhere else to go.

The edited footage made available to the public Wednesday shows officers fatally shooting 34-year-old Kristopher Handy outside his apartment in May.

As more people use electric-assisted bicycles, scooters and other new forms of “micromobility” devices on Anchorage’s trails, city officials are rethinking how to regulate the changing technology.

After mounting pressure from businesses and residents, the city gave notice to several dozen campers Tuesday that they have three days to leave.

Tight on staff, funding and shelter beds, Anchorage officials are wrestling with big questions on how the city should handle homeless camps that pose serious public safety problems.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance is appointing Ona Brause to lead the city’s Office of Management and Budget.

Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance and the Assembly are calling for Alaska Gov. Dunleavy to require the city and two Southcentral Alaska electric utilities to spend two years devising a plan to return water return to all 12 miles of the river.

Service disruptions have already begun from high vacancy rates across a range of city offices, affecting everything from public safety to financial services.

Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case said the new draft policy on body-worn cameras will go into effect Monday. It includes a 45-day timeline for the release of footage from police shootings.

The Anchorage Assembly, meanwhile, passed a resolution urging the police department to consider releasing footage within 30 days.