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New Forest Service cabin in Juneau expected to become most popular in the Tongass
On the shore of Mendenhall Lake overlooking the Mendenhall Glacier, Forest Service staff cut a green and white ribbon spanning the stairs to a new recreational cabin on Wednesday. Booking opens Thursday morning. It’s Juneau’s first Forest Service cabin named in Lingít. Jacqueline Pata is Vice President of the Central...
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Juneau couple who helped change LGBTQ+ rights in Alaska reflect on living openly and joyfully
It’s Pride Month and Juneau joins other communities nationwide in celebrating LGBTQ+ people. One couple in Juneau, Maureen Longworth and Lin Davis, have dedicated their lives to advocating for LGBTQ+ rights. They met on a late-night dog walk at the Oakland Rose Garden in California in 1987. That was nearly 40 years ago, though Longworth remembers it clear as day.
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Juneau-Douglas City Museum goers share why local history matters as it faces staff and budget cuts
The Juneau Assembly recently passed a city budget for the next fiscal year that reduces funding to the Juneau-Douglas City Museum due to a revenue shortfall. The reductions will result in the museum laying off two staff members and drastically cutting back its hours. KTOO’s Community News Intern Elan Chappell...
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Alaska charities can now host snowfall betting pools
A new state law enacted Monday allows charitable organizations to gamble on snowfall. Soon, qualified organizations across the state can host betting games called “snow classics,” where prize money is awarded to the best guess of total snowfall at a specific location and time. Previously, state law restricted...
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Nonprofit foundation gifts Alaska Legislature 16 apartments in Juneau
The Juneau Community Foundation is giving the Alaska Legislature 16 two-bedroom apartments as part of a long-term effort to keep the state’s capital in Juneau. Members of the House-Senate Legislative Council voted unanimously to accept the apartments, which are spread across two four-plexes and one eight-plex in the Starr Hill and Chicken Ridge neighborhoods, respectively. […]
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Beloved Alaska disc golf course was built around bubbling crude oil from a sealed-off tank area
Crude oil has been discovered surfacing near popular trails in a historic park in Juneau, Alaska, believed to be coming from an old tank known as Day Oil Tank Number 8. In Juneau, Alaska, a popular public park is showing how contamination from long-closed industry can remain hidden for decades before reappearing in ordinary community spaces.
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Juneau issues preemptive disaster declaration ahead of 2026 glacial outburst flood
The Juneau Assembly passed a resolution Thursday declaring a local emergency in anticipation of the annual glacial outburst flood expected later this summer. Since the catastrophic 2024 flood impacted around 300 homes in the Mendenhall Valley, the city has been operating under an ongoing emergency due to the continued threat to the community. Last year, the city issued a preemptive disaster declaration nearly a week before the record-breaking flood on Aug. 13.
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Sealaska tackles massive project to protect Juneau-area communities from catastrophe
Juneau, Alaska — Construction teams are working fast to keep downstream communities safe from glacial outburst flooding. Every August, the Mendenhall Valley above Juneau, Alaska, grapples with flooding – sometimes catastrophic – when the Suicide Basin dammed within the Mendenhall Glacier releases rainwater and snowmelt downst. This...
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CBJ Solicits Construction Bids for Municipal Offices, Assembly Chambers at Burns Building
CBJ Solicits Construction Bids for Municipal Offices, Assembly Chambers at Burns Building. The City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) posted a solicitation for bids to perform construction work on the first two floors of the Michael J. Burns building. The project will accommodate CBJ offices for 147 personnel, an accessible Assembly Chambers and central public service counter. The cost-based bid solicitation materials include a summary of work, site layout and list of alternates should budget allow. The solicitation period closes on July 13.
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Beach testing for fecal bacteria underway in Juneau for second summer in a row
Summer is in full-swing, and that means many coastal Alaskans are flocking to the shoreline. Scientists are testing a few popular beaches in Juneau for fecal contamination and so far, they’re mostly poop-free. At low tide on a bright June afternoon, Rebecca Bellmore waded about knee-deep into the sea...
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Assembly members Christine Woll and Greg Smith | Community members encourage participation in Visitor Industry Task Force | ‘Sabbath Queen’ screens at Jewish Film Festival
Juneau Afternoon – Recorded live on Wednesday, June 17, 2026. Juneau Afternoon featuring Assembly members Christine Woll and Greg Smith on the finalized FY 27 city budget, plus citizen feedback is sought at the Visitor Industry Task Force meeting, and the documentary film “Sabbath Queen” screens at the Jewish Film Festival at the Goldtown.
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Crude oil surfaced at historic Treadwell Mine. The state plans to study it.
A short walk down the trail from the end of St. Anns Avenue on Douglas Island, a bright orange plastic fence circles the site of an old oil tank in the Treadwell Mine complex. Juneau’s historic Treadwell Gold Mine is a beloved city park with trails and a nine-hole frisbee golf course weaving through the ruins. Hole two was placed between the graffiti-covered concrete remains of the Central Power Plant and the ragged metal rim of an old oil tank where crude oil burbled up. This summer, the state plans to investigate how far the pollution has spread so it can get cleaned up.
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Repairs to 2 school roofs in Juneau expected to begin this summer
The City and Borough of Juneau is repairing two school roofs this summer that were damaged during this past winter’s record-breaking snowstorms. The Juneau School District closed Sít’ Eetí Shaanáx – Glacier Valley Elementary School and evacuated Mendenhall River Community School during the storms due to concerns about the amount of snow on the roof.
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Juneau launches Safe Place program for youth in crisis
An initiative that gives youth in crisis more opportunities to connect with services is up and running in Juneau. The Safe Place program trains businesses and organizations to connect youth who feel unsafe with social services in Juneau. Hannah Jenkins is the outreach coordinator at Juneau’s city-run youth shelter Shéiyi...
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Assembly members Christine Woll, Alicia Hughes-Skandijs not running for reelection this fall
Juneau Assembly members Christine Woll and Alicia Hughes-Skandijs say they do not plan to run for reelection this fall. Woll announced her plan to step down during the Assembly’s meeting on Monday night and Hughes-Skandijs told KTOO in an interview on Wednesday. Both say they want to spend more time with their families and enjoy their free time.