ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – When temperatures plunge people who live outdoors suffer, but the city says it’s working to keep the most vulnerable safe.
This winter Anchorage did not set up a warming center as it has in years past. Instead, it chose to add additional emergency beds to its year-round shelters for a total of 450 beds, according to Thea Agnew Bemben, special assistant to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance.
The city also made a recent policy change that allows people to voluntarily go to the Anchorage Safety Center, next to the Anchorage Jail, to warm up…