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  • Dec 17, 2024 | ktoo.org | Anna Canny

    The debate over the City and Borough of Juneau’s controversial plan to fight glacial outburst floods continued during Monday’s Assembly meeting. The proposal to install military-grade HESCO flood barriers along key sections of the Mendenhall River, at a cost of $7.83 million for the first phase, has received mixed reception from residents in the Mendenhall Valley’s flood-prone neighborhoods. More than 20 people testified on Monday. Some expressed frustration and anger with the city’s approach.

  • Dec 13, 2024 | ktoo.org | Anna Canny

    Since the record-breaking glacial outburst flood damaged hundreds of homes in August, the City and Borough of Juneau has been focused on its short-term plan to install flood barriers along the Mendenhall River in hopes of holding back the next glacial outburst. It’d be a temporary measure, but city leaders have maintained that it’s imperative. Some residents from flood-prone neighborhoods don’t see it that way.

  • Dec 12, 2024 | ktoo.org | Anna Canny

    Alaska’s state office of emergency management, and their federal counterparts at the Federal Emergency Management Agency, are almost finished doling out disaster aid grants for those affected by August’s record-breaking glacial outburst flood. So starting on Tuesday, Dec. 17, the Disaster Recovery Center that’s been operating in Juneau’s Mendenhall Valley Public Library since October will start to focus solely on the distribution of Small Business Administration Loans.

  • Nov 26, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Anna Canny

    Share Dozens of bikers, figure skaters and hockey players took to the ice at Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake this weekend. But venturing out onto a frozen lake can be extremely dangerous, and several reports of people falling through the ice circulated on social media.

  • Nov 25, 2024 | ktoo.org | Anna Canny

    Dozens of bikers, figure skaters and hockey players took to the ice at Juneau’s Mendenhall Lake this weekend. But venturing out onto a frozen lake can be extremely dangerous, and several reports of people falling through the ice circulated on social media.

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