What can you do for us? This age-old interview question was at the heart of the Downtown Business Association’s mayoral candidate forum Friday morning.The event… Continue reading
At 11 a.m. every weekday, Wade Bryson sits in a small swivel chair, leans close to a microphone, and listens to problems.For the past eight… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A North Pole senator introduced a bill Friday that would require Alaska doctors to determine whether a fetus could survive outside of the… Continue reading
LAS VEGAS — Right fight; wrong strategy.That’s what many ranchers and sympathizers opposing federal control of public lands in the West concluded after the armed… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks residents have shown support for a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal that would ban some bear, wolf and coyote hunts on… Continue reading
GCI customers should expect service interruptions today due to recent damage to the undersea fiber optic cable that serves the Sitka and Angoon areas.Permanent repairs… 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
Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Trap Club, 1 Mile Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Trap Club is open to members and public trap… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE— North Slope Borough police say the officer involved in a fire official’s fatal shooting in Barrow acted after the man pointed a shotgun at… Continue reading
SITKA — The city of Sitka has agreed to pay $350,000 to resolve a complaint threatening a lawsuit over the 2014 arrest of a man… Continue reading
HOUSTON — Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 30… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A Houston, Alaska, man has been arrested for taking part in a home eviction that Alaska State Troopers say turned violent.Troopers took a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A lack of progress in negotiations between the state’s producer partners on major Alaska LNG Project agreements is likely to throw the project… Continue reading
The Chugach Mountains and the buildings of downtown Anchorage are reflected in the still waters of Cook Inlet on Friday.… Continue reading
SITKA — Sitka officials say they plan to make land development improvements following the release of a study on the August 2015 landslides.The geotechnical and… Continue reading
Algae toxins are creeping north, scientists say, and marine mammals could potentially pay the price. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released a study Feb.… Continue reading
A little more than a year ago, Sen. Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks and chair of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced a Senate Joint Resolution that “is… Continue reading
Despite a mother’s plea that more violence could await her family if the man accused of killing her son was not kept behind bars, a… Continue reading
With less than two weeks to go before the first entrepreneurs can apply for an Alaska marijuana license, the Alaska Marijuana Control Board on Thursday… 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
