Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News

Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News
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4 unsheltered people died outside in Anchorage in the past week. 2 of them were in wheelchairs.

Hundreds of people have been living unsheltered in Anchorage since the Sullivan Arena shelter closed in the spring.
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Anchorage outdoor deaths surge to a record since closure of Sullivan Arena shelter

Twenty-nine people believed to be homeless have died in the city so far in 2023, including six in a four-day period in July.
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‘I watched it rapidly turn into absolute chaos’: Inside the deepening dysfunction at North Star psychiatric hospital

Former workers say understaffing and decisions by management pushed the private psychiatric hospital — the only one in Alaska that serves children — to the brink of disaster.