Karluk News

Nick Troxell was scouring eBay in search of his next Alaska treasure when he stumbled upon an item he just couldn't pass up - an old tin can.

Karluk Manor opened in December 2011 at Fifth Avenue and Karluk Street, between two of Anchorage's busier streets, Fifth and Sixth Avenues.

In January, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority will decide whether to fund a project that would turn the Long House Alaskan Hotel on Spenard into a large housing complex for people with severe mental illness, many who previously lived on the street.