GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization declared an end to the deadliest Ebola outbreak ever on Thursday after no new cases emerged in Liberia,… Continue reading
MUNFORD, Tenn. — Mystery winners in Tennessee, Florida and California should get their affairs in order before they claim their thirds of the unprecedented $1.6… Continue reading
LONDON — British actor Alan Rickman, a classically trained stage star and sensual screen villain in the “Harry Potter” saga and other films, has died.… Continue reading
A year after host Neil Patrick Harris quipped that the Oscars were honoring Hollywood’s “best and whitest,” the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences… Continue reading
DULUTH, Minn. — A northern Minnesota man accused of making threats on a flight from Alaska to Colorado faces two charges in Canada.The Royal Canadian… Continue reading
An avalanche at Snow Gulch Creek, triggered by the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities on Jan. 2, is shown Tuesday where it stopped just… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes… Continue reading
On Feb. 14, an important, missing piece of Juneau’s history will be unveiled at the Juneau-Douglas City Museum for all to see. The silver service… Continue reading
Nobody is calling their lawmaker to complain about the loss of municipal airport matching funds.In the debates about declining oil revenue and the state’s $3.5… Continue reading
Actors Jane Lind, right, Frank Katasse, Erin Tripp, Leeta Gray and Erika Stone, left, rehearse for Perseverance Theatre’s production of “Our Voices Will Be Heard”… Continue reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — It turned out to be the international crisis that wasn’t.Less than a day after 10 U.S. Navy sailors were detained… Continue reading
CANBERRA, Australia — The undersea search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago has found a second 19th century shipwreck deep in… Continue reading
BEIRUT — After taking in a million Syrian refugees, Lebanon has quietly changed course in recent months, forcing refugees to return to Syria — where… Continue reading
This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Free Tai Chi class… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Transportation is planning to install new sidewalks and repair existing ones on 3rd Street in Douglas near Gastineau Elementary School.The state… Continue reading
The dismal start to 2016 on Wall Street got a lot worse Wednesday.Stocks tumbled again on fears of a global slowdown and alarm over plummeting… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Employers are discovering that making it easier for workers to pay off their student loans helps to attract and keep a happy… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Two fresh faces in the Republican Party — House Speaker Paul Ryan and South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley — are offering messages of… Continue reading
Here’s an idea almost anyone in Olympic circles would love: a $2 billion stadium they don’t have to pay for.Leaders of the attempt to bring… Continue reading
