The City and Borough of Juneau has completed an initial round of soil and groundwater testing for PFAS, or manmade chemicals, at the Hagevig Fire Training Center. One of these chemicals, perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), was detected on the property. Though PFOS has known health risks if ingested in drinking water, …
The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the Juneau area until 10 p.m. Thursday. Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Open burning is prohibited while a Red Flag Warning is in effect. Use extreme caution and avoid activities that could easily cause fires in …
The Juneau-Douglas City Museum is currently seeking proposals from artists or groups who are interested in mounting a show during the 2020-2021 season. The deadline for applications is August 31. Every year, the City Museum exhibits solo and group art shows from November through February. During 2018-19, the City Museum …
Capital City Fire/Rescue is set to take over management of Juneau’s sleep off program on July 1. The service, which provides field evaluation and transportation of inebriated individuals to a safe space where they can sober up, is currently housed at Bartlett Regional Hospital. With the change of management comes …
New this summer, the City and Borough of Juneau Parks & Recreation Department is offering a 5-week round-robin pickleball mixer July 18 to August 15. Games will take place 6 p.m. every Thursday evening at Dzantik’i Heeni Middle School Gym. Pickleball is a combination of tennis, ping-pong, and racquetball. The …
The City and Borough of Juneau Assessor’s Office conducts reevaluations of various taxable properties within the borough between April and October every year. With about 12,000 taxable parcels throughout Juneau, the Assessor’s Office divides the borough into neighborhoods, which are reevaluated every five years. From now until October, the Assessor’s …
The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly, at a Special Assembly Meeting held Wednesday, June 19, made the following appointments to the Eaglecrest Board: The Assembly reappointed Jonathan Dale and Stephanie Hoag and appointed Shawn Eisele all to terms beginning July 1, 2019 and expiring June 30, 2022. The Assembly …
Capital City Fire/Rescue Chief Rich Etheridge hasn’t bought anyone ice cream yet, but “I probably should,” he said. “We got a thing here, if you get on the front page of the paper, you have to buy your shift ice cream, or something like that.” And that’s exactly where he …
Over the past six months, the Juneau Police Department (JPD) has been changing the way it conducts vehicle auctions. Traditionally, JPD has held 2-4 public outcry auctions every year. This is done to try and sell any vehicles that were impounded, but never picked up by the owner. The vehicles …
The City and Borough of Juneau Parks & Recreation Department is briefly closing Project Playground and the Twin Lakes Shelter Tuesday, June 25 through Friday, June 28 to perform repair work. The Twin Lakes parking lot, beach access, grass area, and trail will remain open while maintenance is occurring. For …
