Juneau Hidden History group shown searching for the lost Rocker Mine near Juneau.
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What’s the history of the Quonset huts on Atlin Drive?
If you’ve driven on Mendenhall Loop Road, you may have seen the huts. The rusted steel half-circles look a bit like mini-airplane hangars.
Online cemetery mapping to ensure Juneau always knows where the bodies are buried
A grease-smudged stack of 25 fading sheets of paper in a storage shed is one of only two copies of who’s buried where in Evergreen Cemetery. All the burials since 1986 are handwritten, but that’s about to change.
Mayor proclaims June LGBT celebration month
The Assembly also approved a major rezoning of Pederson Hill, failed to approve a smaller one on an Atlin Drive lot and doubled its filing fees for appeals.
Juneau Assembly set to grant Atlin Drive commercial rezone
The decision would contradict a planning commission recommendation and would allow Richard Harris to use his lot for commercial purposes.
Juneau Assembly hears latest Atlin rezone appeal
The Assembly also amended the city’s disturbing the peace code, created a Human Resources and Risk Management Department, and transferred funds to a project to rehabilitate Last Chance Basin’s well field.
Atlin Drive rezoning to come before Assembly again
Developer Richard Harris hopes to convince the Juneau Assembly to rezone residential property so he can build a commercial enterprise. Harris has not said what he wants to build.
Obama Tells Government To Ramp Up Its Renewable Energy Use
President Obama says the U.S. government “must lead by example” when it comes to safeguarding the environment, so he’s ordering federal agencies to use more clean energy.
Troll set to be sworn in to CBJ Assembly
Kate Troll will be sworn in and outgoing Assembly member Johan Dybdahl will be recognized for his service.
Atlin Drive rezone denied again
For the third time a Juneau contractor has lost his bid to rezone a residential lot so he can build a commercial development in the Mendenhall Valley.