City leaders are thinking about how to come up with millions for a long-term solution sponsored by the Army Corps and temporary flood wall upkeep.
Environment
Responders to Cook Inlet oil sheen shift to ‘monitoring’ status
The onsite joint command says it’s gone several days without seeing any sheen in the area.
The Mukluk Fire has destroyed 44 homes in Tok
Some evacuation orders remain in place for the fire, which is now 29% contained.
State, Coast Guard investigating oily sheen in Western Cook Inlet
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation says the sheen was not visible during flyovers around noon Tuesday or from an oil cleanup ship sent to the site.
Coast Guard holds “Buoy Tender Olympics” in Juneau
Seven U.S. Coast Guard cutters traveled to Juneau for a week-long training and friendly competition.
Army Corps plans to construct glacial outburst flood solution before Juneau’s 2030 flood
On Friday, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted an ‘Industry Day,’ kicking off a public-private partnership process to drain Suicide Basin on an expedited timeline.