...15 percent since the mid 1990s. Many people have also left their native villages seeking opportunity in Juneau. As a retail hub, Juneau is dependent upon shoppers from villages and towns throughout the region. Taxes from local retail sales along...

...intersection between Egan and Glacier highways and offer better access to Wal-Mart and Fred Meyer, two of Juneau's retail hubs, both of which are between the two highways. "The inbound lanes will be diverted onto the new exit-access ramps...