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Consuming Juneau: Cost of living 27% above US average; home prices highest in Alaska
It’s hard to put an affordable spin on these facts: Juneau is Alaska’s highest-cost major city, has the state’s highest house prices, and nationally has the second-highest grocery and health care costs among major cities.
Jul 134 min read
AI Tries To Write The News: Coast Guard changes command, Juneau’s first cryptocurrency convention
AI Tries To Write The News is a weekly feature where a commercial AI blog tool is asked to write news stories about notable local events of the past week, with excerpts of the results provided.
Jul 134 min read
Consuming Juneau: What businesses in town accept cryptocurrency?
There’s an ATM at Safeway, a window washer and a cookie/lemonade stand; a few other stores tried it for a bit and went back to conventional currency
Jul 63 min read
Random Bits Of Weirdness For The Week Ending July 5
Will legislators and glacial outburst waters flood into the capital city at the same time, and the latest about the Juneau icebreaker after the passage of the "big, beautiful bill."
Jul 63 min read
AI Tries To Write The News: July 4 in Juneau and Murkowski’s tie-breaking budget vote
Editor’s note: AI Tries To Write The News is a weekly feature where a commercial AI blog tool is asked to write news stories about...
Jul 54 min read
Sentinel Island Light Station: Adapting to change over 124 years
Historic installation again a bright landmark in Lynn Canal after more than 25 years of restoration efforts.
Jul 36 min read
Notes On The News: The 10-second decision to launch a ‘Community’ section
The Independent launched a "Community" section on Sunday evening after about 10 seconds of consideration and 30 minutes of work, in response to an email about a volunteer group completing some trail work.
Jul 13 min read
Jun 300 min read
Random Bits Of Weirdness for the week ending June 28
Dairy, egg and other product shelves are largely empty at IGA Foodland on Saturday, June 28, 2025. (Mark Sabbatini / Juneau Independent)...
Jun 302 min read
AI Tries To Write The News: Alaska impacts of federal budget bill and Juneau’s flood preparations
AI Tries To Write The News is a weekly feature where a commercial AI blog tool is asked to write news stories about notable local events of the past week, with excerpts of the results provided.
Jun 283 min read
Consuming Juneau: Local gas prices range from $3.51 to $4.40 a gallon
A price check of Juneau’s 12 retail gas stations on the morning of Thursday, June 26, shows prices for regular unleaded ranging from $3.50⁹ at Fisherman’s Bend to $4.39⁹ at two Delta Western Petroleum stations.
Jun 263 min read
Notes On The News: Elements of starting a newspaper, from picking a name to picking fonts
What editing the Independent’s website looks like. This is about the "how" of launching the Juneau Independent (i.e. how Kepler got...
Jun 215 min read
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