New Anchorage police team aims to improve homeless outreach

And: Cuts to Anchorage’s People Mover bus service take effect as snow season arrives ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Today's sponsor: [Today's sponsor: Matson]( Good afternoon. It’s Wednesday, Oct. 30. In today's newsletter: - The HOPE Team is the Anchorage Police Department's [newest tool for addressing unsheltered homelessness]( and aims to improve outreach and connect homeless residents to services they need. - Anchorage’s People Mover bus system launched [reduced service]( this week in response to a long-running workforce shortage, a move that coincided with the city’s first major snowfall. - A plan to build the first U.S. deepwater port for the Arctic [has hit a snag]( that could set it back several months, frustrating Alaska’s congressional delegation and officials in Nome where the project would be built. Although the term has evolved, "dude" was initially used as a sneering pejorative to describe fancy interlopers. As historian David Reamer discovered, a tour through [the early “dudes” of Alaska]( is illuminating and entertaining. Anchorage weather It's sunny today with a high near 34 degrees. Thursday will bring more snow to Anchorage, and we'll see a mix of snow and rain on Friday. Daytime temperatures will gradually climb into the low 40s by the end of the week. Here’s what else is making headlines in Alaska today. — Megan Pacer, mpacer@adn.com [New Anchorage police team aims to improve homeless outreach →]( The team officially launched last month, though they started outreach work in late July. So far, the HOPE Team has contacted about 375 people and helped house 20, and was able to get one person into substance use treatment, police say. ADVERTISEMENT [Cuts to Anchorage’s People Mover bus service take effect as snow season arrives →]( Overall, service reductions were incentivized by an overburdened public transportation system, which in turn overburdened its drivers, said a city transit planner. • See also: [Amid season’s first snowfall, Anchorage stands up city website for tracking plow progress]( [$663M Arctic port delayed, frustrating Nome officials and Alaska congressional delegation →]( The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers earlier this month [canceled]( bid request for the project’s first phase of construction after proposed pricing came in “well above” statutory cost limitations and exceeded allocated funds, the agency said. [Tally of damaged Kotzebue homes rises as storm recovery efforts broaden →]( The number of Kotzebue houses that were damaged in last week’s fall storm climbed as several local and state agencies continued to assist residents and the extent of the destruction became clearer. [Pair sentenced to 24 years in Spenard apartment fire that killed 3 and injured 16 →]( [Several victims said at a hearing this week that the sentence was too short to account for the trauma caused by the 2017 blaze in Anchorage.]( ADVERTISEMENT More from the ADN [We may not know the next president on Election Day. This Arizona county could be why. →]( [Mike Johnson vows major changes to Affordable Care Act if Trump wins election →]( [New rules for airlines could help you get speedy refunds →]( [Yankees fans brazenly pried a ball from the glove of Dodgers outfielder Mookie Betts. They have no regrets. →]( [Did Biden call Trump supporters ‘garbage’? It comes down to an apostrophe. →]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Anchorage Daily News, 300 W 31st Ave, Anchorage, AK 99503, United States