Jackie Bryant, the manager at Juneau’s new emergency warming shelter location, smiles for a photo at the shelter on Thursday, Dec. 21. (Clarise Larson / KTOO) Ogla Askoak, one of the shelter’s ...

Juneau is Alaska’s most homeless city per capita. ... St. Vincent de Paul Juneau began running the warming shelter at the Thane Warehouse in October 2023.

Leora Barrett mixes waffle batter at the emergency warming shelter in downtown Juneau on April 13, 2023. (Photo by Claire Stremple/Alaska Beacon) “A lot of tears this week,” Barrett said.

Temperatures have climbed for decades in Alaska, where it’s warming two- to three-times faster than the global average. The heat warms surrounding waters, shrinks glaciers and sea ice and ...

Juneau is Alaska’s most homeless city per capita. Its rate is one-and-a-half times that of Anchorage and three times that of Fairbanks. St. Vincent de Paul Juneau began running the warming ...