Anchorage clears its 2 largest homeless encampments

The mayor’s team said it’s been planning the abatement, or clearing, of the camp for about six months and the people living here have known about it for weeks. It’s taken longer than most abatements because the two camps — one at the snow dump, and the other across the street at Davis Park — are the largest in the city. The mayor’s office estimates that until recently about 100 people lived in the area. (Read the full story.)