Juneau

The new ferry terminal would be located beyond where the road ends in Juneau on land owned by Goldbelt Incorporated, a local Alaska Native Corporation. The project is slated to cost tens of millions of dollars.

The Juneau Assembly is hoping to avoid paying a portion of the cost for a federal program that would offer buyouts to residents of the street hardest-hit by Juneau’s annual glacial outburst floods.

Juneau schools are finding ways to support students and families in the midst of the government shutdown, which has put food benefits for low income families at risk.

Thousands of Juneau residents will be in limbo as of Saturday, when SNAP benefits officially become a victim of the political battle between Congress, the Trump administration and the federal courts. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will pay the full cost to extend and repair Juneau’s temporary levee meant to protect the Mendenhall Valley, and it will expedite its process to choose a long-term solution.

The evictions come after outcry by local advocates, who asked the city to halt them until it produces a clearer redevelopment plan. Right now, a developer has not signed on to the project.