City and Borough of Juneau

Juneau harbor board weighs charter passenger fee of $7.50, up from $2.05

Juneau's port director wants to raise the charter passenger fee at Statter Harbor to $7.50 per person, up from $2.05, to help fund harbor expansion.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau code allows six hens. A Silver Street family is asking for 230 animals.

Juneau allows six backyard hens. A homeowner is asking for up to 200 chickens and 30 other farm animals, and neighbors are pushing back on the scale.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau grants pay up to $13,500 to add a second unit, and a contractor list is coming

Juneau is offering homeowners up to $13,500 grants to build accessory dwelling units, with 16 awards available annually.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Follows: Juneau gathers its senior-housing help into one guide

Juneau bought two fire trucks. Passengers will pay for them until 2035.

Juneau's airport wants to charge passengers through 2035, with 40 percent of the money going to two fire trucks it has already bought.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Hertz leaves Juneau airport Sept. 30, and three rental counters stay

Hertz ends car rentals at Juneau airport Sept. 30, freeing terminal space the airport will seek to fill through a competitive bid process.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau is weighing its first cap on whale watch operators

Juneau has never capped its whale watch fleet. The task force weighing whether to start is the same one weighing cruise ship passenger limits.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau's new flood evacuation maps were in use within a month

Juneau updated its Mendenhall Valley evacuation maps in July. By mid-August residents were being told to leave, as the river hit major flood stage again.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min readFrom Jul 8

Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 to sell old City Hall to Sealaska Heritage Institute

Juneau took Sealaska Heritage Institute's $1.5 million for its old City Hall instead of seeking bids at $2.5 million. Nobody has appraised the building.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Aug 17

Juneau's five-ship cruise cap moves toward city code

Juneau's five-ship-a-day cruise cap would move from a negotiated agreement into enforceable city code under an ordinance advanced Monday.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau's glacial flood was the mildest yet, but barrier costs are climbing

Juneau's Aug. 13 glacial flood was the mildest yet, damaging 12 homes — officials credit the barriers but say upkeep may cost more than the city planned.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Juneau airport's control tower to get its first new roof since 1987

Juneau's airport control tower is finally getting a new roof — the original one's been up since 1987. The FAA covers most of the roughly $1 million tab.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau's city-owned ski area has an unresolved drinking water violation

EPA records show a March drinking water violation at Eaglecrest Ski Area in Juneau, in the agency's most urgent category, with no resolution recorded.

by Maggie AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau arts council refuses to sign FY27 grant over how $202,000 can be spent

Juneau Arts and Humanities Council rejected its $202,000 city grant over spending rules, wanting to shift money from pass-through grants to staff and youth programming instead.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau would shift $4.5 million from barrier construction to repairs and debt

Juneau would move $4.5 million out of flood barrier construction into two reserves, one for riverbank repairs and one to start repaying the state loan.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau moves to repair Mendenhall riverbank and protect flood-hit homes

A Juneau task force wants congestion data to support limiting cruise calls

A Juneau task force wants a congestion study, partly to support a case for limiting cruise ship port calls. A cap ordinance is already pending.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Follows: Juneau's task force weighs crowding fixes amid a bigger question on how much tourism is enough

Juneau task force weighs reviving 2001 heliport study that projected 6,037 homes out of noise corridors

Juneau's Visitor Industry Task Force will decide Thursday whether to update a 2001 study that found moving helicopter tours could remove 6,037 homes from noise corridors.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago2 min read

Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 to sell City Hall to Sealaska Heritage Institute for at least $1.5 million

Juneau sold its old City Hall for $1.5 million to a buyer that plans to demolish it and does not yet have the money to build its replacement.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 2mo ago1 min read

Juneau's charter operators could see their per-passenger fee more than triple, as the harbor fund runs low

Juneau's charter operators could see their per-passenger fee jump from $2.05 to $7.50, as the harbor fund hits a record low amid major expansion costs.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 30

Juneau's harbor fund is near its lowest point ever, and charter boats may be asked to help fill the gap

Juneau's harbor fund is near its lowest ever after the city cut $450,000 a year, and the port may charge charter boats more per passenger to fill the gap.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau tourism task force takes final public testimony Oct. 15

Juneau's tourism task force set a second testimony session for Oct. 15, pushed back so residents can read the draft recommendations before speaking.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago1 min read

Juneau weighs $5.5 million more for flood recovery on a river that floods every year

Juneau is putting another $5.5 million toward flood recovery. The city still calls the Mendenhall barriers temporary and hasn't said who pays long term.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau Assembly votes 6-3 to sell old City Hall to Sealaska Heritage Institute for $1.5 million

Juneau voted to sell its old City Hall to Sealaska Heritage for $1.5 million — for a planned $40 million Northwest Coast art-glass building downtown.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min read

Juneau lifts its Suicide Basin flood evacuation

Juneau's Suicide Basin flood threat is over — the command reopened evacuated areas after the Mendenhall River crested at 14.7 feet, below the forecast.

by Melinda Communities.News2mo ago1 min read

Dunleavy declares state disaster after Juneau's fourth straight glacial flood

Governor Dunleavy declared a state disaster for Juneau. This unlocks state funds for flood repairs and speeds up emergency permits.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago1 min read

Juneau's task force weighs crowding fixes amid a bigger question on how much tourism is enough

Juneau's tourism task force votes Thursday on downtown crowd fixes — a roundabout, crossing guards, Seawalk changes — the visible edge of its bigger question: how much cruise tourism is enough.

by Walter AlaskaNews2mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 30

Juneau's wastewater plant has been out of compliance for three years, and ratepayers foot the bill

Juneau's main wastewater plant has been out of federal compliance for three years, its permit expired — and sewer customers will pay the $20 million fix.

by Lucas Brown3mo ago2 min read

Juneau gathers its senior-housing help into one guide

Juneau is pulling its senior-housing help — ADU grants, renovation grants, contractors — into one guide to help older residents stay in their homes.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

A Juneau evacuation route is restricted as the valley floods

A Juneau road is restricted to local traffic as the Mendenhall Valley floods from the Suicide Basin outburst, with about 5,000 people told to evacuate.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Juneau asks Mendenhall Lake evacuation zone residents to leave by 3 p.m.

Juneau ordered 5,000 residents in the Mendenhall Valley evacuation zone to leave by 3 p.m. Wednesday as a glacial outburst flood crests early Thursday.

by Melinda Communities.News3mo ago3 min read

Juneau's glacial outburst flood crested Thursday at 14.7 feet, above major flood stage

Juneau is responding to glacial outburst flooding, nearly 1,900 homes in its advisory area, after the Mendenhall crested above major flood stage Thursday.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Water begins flowing over Suicide Basin ice dam, NWS tells Juneau to finish flood prep

Water is spilling over Suicide Basin's ice dam near Juneau, and the National Weather Service is telling residents along Mendenhall Lake and River to finish flood prep now.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Juneau hangar owners say the airport's own repaving flooded them, and it won't say if that's true

Juneau hangar owners say the airport's own regrading and repaving caused flooding now rotting their buildings, and it won't say if its work is to blame.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago1 min read

Juneau moves to repair Mendenhall riverbank and protect flood-hit homes

Juneau moves to repair 1,300 feet of Mendenhall riverbank to protect flood-hit homes, one of several recovery measures on the agenda after the 2024 flood.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Juneau pilots pay $12 a gallon for fuel, and want an alternative to the airport's only seller

Juneau pilots pay over $12 a gallon for avgas, about 50% more than Anchorage, from the airport's only seller. Fifty-plus want a self-serve option added.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Juneau's paratransit service for seniors has failed riders for nine months

A 96-year-old left at Foodland, 25 calls for one trip: Juneau's paratransit for seniors has failed nine months, the commission says — and the city renewed it.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

HESCO barrier repair was a week from done, Juneau committee told

Juneau's HESCO flood barriers were nearly complete in early July, with the Army Corps finishing Phase 2 of temporary defenses protecting nearly 1,900 homes under evacuation advisory.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Jul 8

Juneau Assembly amends senior hardship tax test to 300% poverty line

Juneau Assembly raised the income limit for senior and disabled veteran property tax hardship exemptions to 300% of federal poverty guidelines, broadening eligibility for tax relief.

by Walter AlaskaNewsadded 3mo ago3 min read

Juneau sets hearing on $1.5M City Hall sale to Sealaska Heritage Institute

Juneau hears testimony Aug. 17 on selling the old City Hall site to Sealaska Heritage Institute for $1.5M for an arts center, or opening it to higher bids.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min read

Juneau aging commission chair tells Assembly paratransit has failed seniors for nine months

Juneau concerned that folks aren't getting rides.

by Walter AlaskaNews3mo ago1 min read

Juneau's casino opened on shifting ground and now faces suits on two fronts

Juneau's tribal casino opened through a federal opening since rescinded, and now faces the state, a family lawsuit and doubt about whether it's even legal.

by Maggie AlaskaNews3mo ago2 min readFrom Jun 5