Shawn Steik poses for a photo Wednesday, July, 26, 2023, in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Steik said he and his wife would likely fly to Seattle if Mayor Dave Bronson's plan announced last week goes forward to buy homeless people plane tickets out of the state or to other Alaska cities to avoid the frigid winter temperatures instead of standing up Anchorage's sports arena as a mass shelter. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
July 31, 2023
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July 31, 2023 11:55 a.m.
Anchorage homeless face cold and bears
A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis
A record eight people died of exposure while living outside last winter and this year promises to be worse after the city closed an arena that housed 500 people during the winter months