Tensions over a levee that’s taking shape in back yards along the capital’s Mendenhall River have come to a head, with one ...

Juneau is installing massive sand-filled barriers to protect 450 homes in Mendenhall Valley from expected glacier floodwaters this fall. Officials aim to finish by July 1.

Glacier Swim Club’s Pacific Ricke (age 18) starts the girls 11 and over 200-yard backstroke during the 2025 Savannah Cayce Southeast Age Group Championships on Saturday at the Dimond Park Aquatic ...

Juneau officials are proposing to set aside city money to hire staff for one of the city’s main tourist attractions: the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center. The jobs were formerly filled by ...

Juneau, Alaska, has implemented cruise ship and passenger ... and excursions to the nearby Mendenhall Glacier. "Without this economic bright spot, the region would be a different, more struggling ...

If seeing the glacier from the other shore of a lake isn ... wheel with a Cycle Alaska bike tour. As Juneau is situated in the Tongass Rain Forest, you’ll be biking on tree-lined roads. Depending on ...

Practically all of Alaska is a natural wonder ... it is both fed by runoff from a glacier (Nugget Glacier feeds into Nugget Creek) and lands in Mendenhall Lake (which is fed by the Mendenhall Glacier) ...

This ice river north of Juneau seems like something out of a fantasy world. Mendenhall Glacier ... most accessible glaciers in Alaska. The glacier is best accessed by a short cruise from the roadside ...

Hundreds of miles of hiking trails may surround Juneau, Alaska, but living there year-round is no walk in the park. In the winter, the state's capital city sees less than seven hours of sunlight ...

Juneau, Alaska, has been hit by several flash floods in recent years from a glacial lake dammed by ice on an arm of Mendenhall Glacier. Those floods, including in 2024, were driven by a melting ...

The plane, a Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser registered to Morris, landed for unknown reasons near the toe of a glacier on Tustumena Lake ... the Alaska communities of Haines, Gustavus or Juneau ...