Neighbors
What’s Happening the week of July 11-17?
Juneau Lyric Opera Midsummer Vocal Festival – Back to Broadway, through Saturday, July 21, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church,…
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Neighbors
Fish Factor: Fish by the numbers
Sockeye salmon catches often add up to half of the value of Alaska’s total salmon fishery, and the…
Neighbors
Southeast in Sepia: Finding ‘A Day in Skagway’
My column today is how a little bit of the area’s history dropped into our respective laps one…
Neighbors
Planet Alaska: My father’s smokehouse
Kaachxaana.áak’w, (Kaachxan’s Little Lake) is the Tlingit name for Wrangell Alaska, where my fishcamp is located. Kaachxan was…
News
All 11 rescued from crashed plane on Prince of Wales
All 11 people aboard a plane that crashed Tuesday have been rescued in mountainous terrain on Prince of…
Opinion
Where are the parents?
A few years ago, my granddaughter left her brand new scooter (with name scribbled underneath) at RALLY. Next…
News
Police calls for Wednesday, July 11, 2018
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
Opinion
Partisanship shouldn’t undermine our fisheries
Partisan rancor may be standard operating procedure for most of Washington, but let’s not allow it to unravel…
Neighbors
Southeast Alaska Board of Realtors Memorial Scholarship recipients
In September 2013, Larry Spencer, a long-time REALTOR® from Juneau and advocate for Southeast Alaska Board of REALTORS®…
Opinion
New federal hunting regulations are not good policy
Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the Trump Administration have proposed eliminating National Park Service rules that…
News
Police calls for Tuesday, July 10, 2018
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
News
Police and fire for Monday, July 9, 2018
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
Letters to the Editor
Where are our keepers of the peace?
The Fourth of July was one holiday I used to look forward to. Not anymore. Now it is…
News
Police calls for Sunday, July 8, 2018
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report…
Neighbors
Yakutat undergraduate, mental-health advocate chosen for Judson Brown Scholarship
An undergraduate student at the Alaska Pacific University who is pursuing a degree in counseling psychology won Sealaska…
Opinion
Loud fireworks should be banned
I have lived in the Mendenhall Valley for 34 years. Consumer fireworks were not an issue for most…
Opinion
Personal use of fireworks should be open to a public vote
Another Fourth of July suffering through eight-10 hours of unending firework displays all around us. Do I have…
Sports
Gov Cup 5K results
Just over 50 runners participated in the Juneau Physical Therapy Governor’s Cup 5-kilometer and 1-mile on Saturday. The…
News
Agencies meet on tug move
Federal, state and municipal agencies are working together to remove the Lumberman, a 200-ton World War II era…
Opinion
Begich’s uninspiring campaign kickoff
On his campaign Facebook page, Mark Begich has characterized himself “an independent voice for Alaska.” That seems more…