Jasz Garrett

Hecla Greens Creek, CBJ and USACE set to meet Monday for tour of mine site with community members hoping to save cost and time on lake tap alternative.

By Jasz GarrettJuneau IndependentThe U.S. Coast Guard is currently evaluating a proposal to homeport up to two major cutters at Station Juneau and is seeking public input as part of the environmental review process. An open house is scheduled Tuesday from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at the Juneau Arts and Culture Center.In a non-binding resolution on June 18, the Juneau Assembly expressed its support of homeporting two major U.S. Coast Guard cutters, including the icebreaker Storis, in Juneau. The Coast Guar

Nico Herbert's last contracted day is Aug. 5 with the Juneau School District.

Support of a new dock is needed — but so is support of housing, childcare and medical services for incoming crew members.

By Jasz GarrettJuneau IndependentThe same class that marched across the Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kalé graduation stage 60 years ago marched in the Douglas Fourth of July parade as its grand marshal on Saturday. Judy Tufto, 78, returned to Juneau from Colorado with her husband, Jerry — with cowboy hats and no umbrella for the intermittent rain showers she recalled all too fondly.“I left the day school was out in 1966,” she said. “I love Juneau. It was an innocent place to grow up ins

Suicide Basin still expected to fill early August; USACE completes Phase 2 installation.

Public can leave feedback on recreation fee increases for sites in Juneau, Ketchikan and near Hoonah until July 20.

By Jasz GarrettJuneau IndependentThe Juneau Police Department on Wednesday announced two drug investigations that resulted in multiple arrests last month by the Southeast Alaska Cities Against Drugs Task Force.A search warrant was executed on a box van in the 9000 block of Gee Street in the Mendenhall Valley on June 24. The narcotics trafficking investigation, which began in late May, is ongoing, according to a JPD press release.Investigators identified the location as a source of fentanyl distr

‘If they get into the trash, it’s our fault.’

Dozens of trash cans with a colorful facelift and easy-use handles to be placed downtown.