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Beginning the week of September 1, 2026, the City and Borough of Juneau Water Utility will begin flushing the water distribution system. Work is scheduled to begin in Douglas, then moving downtown and working north to the hospital, the Lemon Creek area, the Valley, Auke Bay and the Tee Harbor area, in that order. Work will occur between 8:00 AM…

Today, the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ) and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) jointly requested immediate assistance from the State of Alaska in anticipation of a potentially imminent and record level glacial lake outburst flood, or jökulhlaup, from Suicide Basin above the Mendenhall Glacier. Tlingit & Haida and CBJ…

If you missed the regular candidate filing period, you still have an opportunity to run in the October 6, 2026, CBJ Regular Municipal Election as a write-in candidate. Your name will not be printed on the ballot, but can be written in by voters. Beginning Friday, July 31, prospective write-in candidates may file Declaration of Candidacy and Alaska Public Offices…

Preliminary unofficial results for the 2026 CBJ Regular Municipal Election including all ballots received and verified through Monday, October 5, are now posted HERE. October 6, 2026, was Election Day for the CBJ Regular Municipal Election, conducted as a by-mail election. Ballots were mailed to voters on September 18 and began returning on September 21.  To be counted, all ballots were…

The candidate filing period for the City and Borough of Juneau’s October 6, 2026 Regular Municipal Election is currently open and will close Monday, July 27, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Candidates must file all required paperwork with the City Clerk’s Office by the deadline. Late filings cannot be accepted. The following offices are up for election: One (1) Assembly Areawide…

The Municipal Clerk has certified the proposed Mill Rate Cap Charter Amendment Petition as sufficient under the requirements of the CBJ Charter. The petitioners’ committee submitted petition books containing 2,986 signatures, and after review and verification by the Clerk’s Office, the petition met the required threshold of 2,566 certified signatures. The Certification of Petition has been issued and is available…