The new bicycle repair station in the flats neighborhood of downtown Juneau has a bike rack, a bike stand, a pump and an array of tools.
Community
CBJ staff: Gastineau Apartments demolition may be right time to demolish pocket park
Litter, fistfights, intoxicated loiterers, open container violations and sundry calls for emergency services are common at the pocket park in the shadow of the Gastineau Apartments.
Nature’s bounty on display at Harvest Fair
Juneau gardeners showed off their best vegetables, herbs, jams, and garden plots recently at the community garden on Montana Creek Road.
States Try to Counter Rural Flight
Population loss is a long-term trend in much of rural America, and it’s gotten more acute since 2010.
Juneau Assembly discusses tax breaks to stimulate housing
The Juneau Assembly wants to draft ordinances creating new property tax breaks that incentivize denser development and redevelopment of blighted properties.
Three-day program uses basketball to combat bullying in Hoonah
A three-day anti-bullying program kicked off the school year at Hoonah K-12 school.
A few residents volunteer time, materials to upgrade Dillingham animal shelter
The volunteers don’t want credit or attention. They do want to see this job done and maybe set a small example on how to tackle the next ones.
Motorcyclists, CCFR make Toy Run for kids
Panhandlers Motorcycle Club lead ride to round up stuffed animals for young hospital patients.
Mayor Landrieu To Displaced New Orleanians: ‘Y’all Can Come Home’
In the decade since Hurricane Katrina, tens of thousands of New Orleans residents fled the city and never returned. This week New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu went on the road to call his people home.
Death or transition: A transgender woman’s journey to happiness
It’s been less than two years since Jennifer Fletcher first started to shed her male identity and rebuild herself as female. But the inner journey to get to that point began long before then.