For more than 50 years, the building has been a literal and figurative home to Juneau’s Filipino community. But it’s getting older, along with many of the people who made it what it is today.
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Mga Kuwento, Ep. 2: Filipino workers seek the American dream in Juneau
The desire to provide for themselves and their loved ones has driven Filipino migrants to make a lasting impact on so many of Juneau’s industries today.
Mga Kuwento, Ep. 1: How Filipino migration shaped Juneau – and my family
On the first episode of Mga Kuwento, we explore two central questions of the series: how did Filipinos get to Juneau, and just as importantly, why do they stay?
Scammers posing as a local contractor are targeting Juneau flood victims
At least one person lost more than $50,000 in the scam.
Volunteers hope for city support with cleaning up Douglas Island graveyards
The volunteers say they can only do so much to fight the rainforest’s creep. Some of them wonder what the city could do to help.
Juneau celebrates newest US citizens with naturalization ceremony
Immigrants from the Philippines, Mexico, Canada, Chile and the Netherlands took the oath of allegiance in front of their families and friends at a naturalization ceremony at the Robert Boochever U.S. Courthouse.