Update: Assembly spares downtown pool, Douglas gym from budget cut list

Update | 6:42 p.m.
At its finance committee meeting this evening, the Juneau Assembly removed the Augustus Brown Swimming Pool and Mt. Jumbo Gym from a list of possible cuts.
The vote was 6-3 to spare the pool and 8-1 to spare the gym.
Original story | 5:32 p.m.
Students from Juneau-Douglas High School use the pool for an athletics program on Wednesday. (Photo by Jacob Resneck/KTOO)
Cost cutting efforts at the City and Borough of Juneau continue as the Juneau Assembly mulls closing the downtown