The group is tasked with looking at whether the city’s current approach to managing tourism is working and recommending big-picture changes to the Juneau Assembly.
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ACLU of Alaska holds bystander training in Juneau amid uptick in immigration enforcement nationwide
The ACLU trainings, held in partnership with community organization Haa Tóoch Lichéesh Coalition, are meant to help residents prepare for federal immigration officials coming to homes and businesses, or stopping people in public.
Army Corps says it’s working on multiple glacial outburst flood solutions for Juneau at once
Staff at the Army Corps said in a press briefing that they never backed out of a long-term solution, and they’re working on the temporary levee and an intermediate solution in the meantime.
Voting is open for bear-resistant trash can art destined for downtown Juneau
The winning design will be printed on an enclosure of bear-resistant cans near the cruise ship docks, as well as on bear-resistant cans in areas of downtown frequented by the animals.
Juneau residential assessments remain stable with less than 1% increase from last year
For the past two years, values have largely cooled down, increasing by less than two percent annually on average. But that wasn’t the case for everyone.
Juneau has officially broken its snowfall record
The city reached 201.2 inches at the Juneau International Airport at midnight, surpassing the previous record of 197.9 inches set in the winter of 2006-07.