Putting a cap on property taxes sounds appealing at first blush, but I like the services I get from the services we already get, and I also realize the city may be faced with financial demands from abating the glacial outburst floods and perhaps from assuming more responsibility for our garbage should Waste Management asking my friends to think of Proposition 1 not as tax relief, but as a cut in the very services that make

portfolios: access to diverse foods stabilizes harvest in wild food systems ." the real number is likely twice that, since in the surveys, some foods — mussels, berries, rockfish — The second study, Provisioning food and medicine from public forests in the United States , takes a It’s like our grocery store,” Cunningham said.   “I feel like a lot of people take the wild economy for granted,” Cunningham said.

Proposition 2, which passed with about 70% of voters in favor , exempts foods defined by the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, which also determines what can be purchased with food stamps — with hot foods The primary action some residents will need to take is applying for an exemption card if they purchase likely to be able to implement quickly. Some of our small providers might take a little bit more time, but just speculation."

of rain is expected to saturate Juneau and most of Southeast Alaska starting Thursday night, with a flood expected from storms in Southeast Alaska through Saturday night is shown on a National Weather Service flood (National Weather Service Juneau) The flood alert will also be in effect while NBC Sports is filming "It does look like at that time rain is going to be diminishing," she said.

Ann’s Avenue homes from flooding.  St. Ann's Avenue is seen with a neighborhood effort to stop flooding on Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026. (Jasz Garrett / Juneau Independent) It isn’t the first time the flood has happened. He said the apartment was partially dammed to stop the flood. Marks said on Sunday his place hadn’t flooded since Saturday afternoon.

from a Jeep that sustained significant damage in a collision Wednesday morning with a FedEx Truck on Glacier JPD received numerous 911 calls about the collision at about 7:47 a.m. at the intersection of Glacier "The investigation determined that the FedEx truck was traveling on Glacier Highway toward Davis Avenue

The Juneau Police Department and Capital City Fire/Rescue respond to a car accident at Seven Mile Glacier Two people were seriously injured when a vehicle veered off Glacier Highway near Sunny Drive, hitting other vehicles that were unoccupied in a business parking lot late Wednesday morning, according to police "We're still investigating, but it looks like the occupied vehicle was inbound (toward downtown Juneau ) on Glacier Highway and left the lane of travel," he said.

A Gustavus family’s sailboat suddenly sank in Glacier Bay National Park on July 29.

The Herbert Glacier Trail is to the south of the planned mine infrastructure. (Screenshot) By Mark Sabbatini Juneau Independent A recreational cabin near Herbert Glacier, deemed the The proposed cabin at the end of the Herbert Glacier Trail. (U.S. Building the cabin near the glacier and an additional one being constructed at Mendenhall Lake Campground "is not likely to change the moderate to high use patterns at most of the existing cabins," according

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Mike Dunleavy surveys the aftermath of the record glacial outburst flood that peaked on Aug. 6, 2024. consider the first week of that special session will also coincide with the anniversaries of record glacial outburst floods during the past two years that have damaged hundreds of homes and caused a lot of other If another flood happens that forces a huge number of families from their homes for days or weeks the mountain terrain in someplace like Montana).

Now, she hopes to make a full-length documentary about the experience. Didn’t make the cut. Goddard is Tlingit and of the Kaagwaantaan clan, out of Klukwan. She couldn’t eat birthday cake at family birthday parties. It is about curiosity, connection, and taking one meaningful step toward understanding Alaska Native “In foodways and systems like this, you understand that everything is interconnected.