HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped 14 this week to 450, another all-time low amid… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police say a motorcycle driver is dead following a collision with a pickup in Eagle River.Police just after 1 p.m. Friday took… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A former operating officer of a western Alaska mine has been sentenced to a year in prison for violating the federal Clean Water… Continue reading
PORT HEIDEN — A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has struck the Alaska Peninsula.The Alaska Earthquake Center released a statement saying the tremor hit at 9:50 p.m. and… Continue reading
KODIAK — Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she hasn't settled on which Republican presidential candidate she will support. But Steve Wackowski, the GOP senator's campaign manager, says… Continue reading
KODIAK — People in the fishing industry are looking for ways to help young fishermen join the workforce.The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported during the ComFish… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed… Continue reading
MONTROSE, Colorado — Keith Carey is a gunsmith in Montrose, a town with a frontier flavor set amid the mesas of western Colorado. He’s a… Continue reading
SITKA — The new assistant district attorney for Sitka couldn’t say exactly that his life was naturally leading to his current post.But Christopher Orman says… Continue reading
The contrast of white cemetery crosses against the greens and browns of the surrounding forest in the distance is the first sign one has entered… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Fewer people signed up online for this year’s Alaska Permanent Fund dividend, and fewer residents have chosen to donate a portion of their… Continue reading
How much do the naming rights for the City and Borough of Juneau cost? No less than $15,000 dollars, apparently, but that’s only good for… Continue reading
Calling it a first step to larger reform, the Alaska House of Representatives voted 37-0 to approve House Bill 27 on Friday afternoon.The bill, begun… Continue reading
• 1,000: Number of seats at Centennial Hall, the main stage venue for the Alaska Folk Festival• 145: Number of different acts scheduled to perform… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers shrugged off signs of weak growth and extended their long stretch of steady hiring in March, adding 215,000 jobs.The unemployment rate… Continue reading
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and New York are poised to become the highest-paid minimum-wage states in the nation after their governors each reached deals with… Continue reading
Under a northern lights show in downtown Juneau during the 40th annual Alaska Folk Fest in 2014, mixed media artist Julia Garrity fell in love… Continue reading
Eight years before she died, Tlingit elder Helen Watkins began making videos about traditional ways to harvest and process food and medicine. She narrated, directed… Continue reading
A Juneau jury on Tuesday convicted a 33-year-old local mother of child endangerment for knowingly leaving her children in the care of her boyfriend —… Continue reading
The Alaska House Resources Committee has approved a small increase in the state’s mining tax, sending the bill to the House Finance Committee for further… Continue reading
