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An outdoor tent city for the homeless is seen July 26, 2023, across from the city's historic railroad depot in downtown Anchorage, Alaska. Officials in Alaska's largest city are scrambling to find enough shelter for homeless people before the first snowfall usually in October, after the city's mass shelter held in at the "Sullivan Arena"was closed. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Anchorage scrambles to find enough housing for the homeless before the Alaska winter sets in

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

A female black bear and two cubs look for food inside a tent on June 29, 2022, at Centennial Park in Anchorage, Alaska. The campground was abruptly chosen by Mayor Dave Bronson as a sanctioned area for camping by people experiencing homelessness, despite its proximity to bears and its relative lack of resources as compared to the previous mass care site at the Sullivan Arena. (Loren Holmes/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

Anchorage homeless face cold and bears. A plan to offer one-way airfare out reveals a bigger crisis

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press