The comprehensive plan is designed to help the city determine how the community wants to see Juneau change and grow over the next two decades.
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As Juneau’s winter warming shelter closes, some patrons don’t know where they’ll spend the night
The shelter is a last resort for unhoused people to survive cold winter nights when temperatures drop below freezing. Its seasonal closure comes as Juneau grapples with a housing shortage and a city-run campground remains closed.
A lawsuit could alter the Mendenhall River levee project, but construction continues
Tensions over a levee that’s taking shape in backyards along Mendenhall River have come to a head, with one homeowner filing suit against the city alleging that officials did not go through the proper process for approving the project.
Advocacy group files Juneau ballot petitions to lower household costs, return to in-person voting
The group seeks to cap the property tax rate, to remove sales tax on food and utilities and to make in-person voting the default again.
Juneau Assembly passes resolution supporting federal workers
In 2024, more than 700 people living in Juneau worked for the federal government. It’s not clear how many are still employed amid the ongoing firings.
Ship-free Saturday advocates try again to limit cruise tourism in Juneau with new petition
The new petition comes less than a year after Juneau voters shot down a ballot initiative to ban large cruise ships on Saturdays.
Juneau Assembly approves development of fifth downtown cruise ship dock
Members voted 8-1 in favor of the development of Huna Totem Corporation’s proposed downtown dock after a years-long process.
Juneau Assembly begins city budget process amid federal uncertainty, ski area deficit
While the hospital and school district presented balanced budgets to the city, Eaglecrest Ski Area faces a $2.7 million deficit.
Effort to recall the North Slope Borough mayor is moving forward
The borough clerk has issued a recall petition in response to residents’ complaints about the mayor using public funds to pay for his family’s travel.
Flood barriers are going up in Juneau. But it’s still unclear if they’ll be enough.
The city’s new inundation maps are expected to be released at the end of the month, before the levee is scheduled to be finished in mid-June.