KTOO’s Clarise Larson sat down with the city’s Visitor Industry Director Alix Pierce to learn more about what’s in store this season.
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Juneau Assembly to discuss dozens of proposed service reductions and facility closures
The Assembly is tasked with making these decisions as the city faces an estimated $10 to $12 million recurring budget hole.
Patrons say Juneau’s year-round warming shelter is a lifeline
City officials say that opening the shelter year-round will help address Juneau’s current lack of shelter space and housing units and reduce the number of unhoused people camping in the summer.
More than half of the Juneau School District’s leaders will change this summer
In addition to a new superintendent, four top district administrators are turning over. One position will be replaced by an assistant superintendent.
CERT Program offers training at Generations Southeast Juneau Campus
Tlingit and Haida’s Generations Southeast Juneau Campus is offering free community emergency response team training beginning April 25.
Elective surgeries canceled Friday after fire at Bartlett Regional Hospital
Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau was evacuated Thursday after a fire broke out in a utility closet. A maintenance staff member accidentally cut heat tape in a closet in the surgery unit shortly before 2 p.m.