Juneau has a number of organizations providing assistance to the economically vulnerable. But availability of resources is always an issue, and proposed cuts to state services could have an impact.
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Juneau Assembly passes city budget as state budget impacts loom
The city’s budget maintains the same level of services and operations from the previous year. But the Alaska Legislature’s ongoing special session leaves several things up in the air.
First phase of downtown Egan Drive construction begins Monday
Starting June 3, resurfacing work along the stretch of road between Centennial Hall Convention Center and the Coast Guard Sector Juneau building will reduce traffic to one lane in each direction.
City struggles to keep up as junk cars continue piling up in Juneau
Like many communities in Alaska, Juneau has no roads leading in or out. That presents a problem when it comes to getting rid of vehicles no one wants anymore.
Newscast – Friday, May 24, 2019
In this newscast: State lawmakers pass a resolution granting a Tlingit tribe’s request to rename Saginaw Bay, a researcher with the University of Alaska Anchorage speaks with survivors of sexual assault as part of project to improve law enforcement response and researchers are trying to learn more about why gray whales have been washing up dead on the West Coast from Mexico to Alaska.
Newscast – Thursday, May 23, 2019
In this newscast: Juneau middle schoolers learn how to smoke salmon, Southeast Alaska’s largest tribe develops its own climate action plan and a new bill in the Legislature would provide a full permanent fund dividend while reducing future PFD payouts.