PARAVOOR, India — Medical teams on Monday tended to hundreds of people injured in a massive fire that killed at least 110 people, while authorities… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Maine — Exactly how 32 American lobsters wound up in Swedish waters isn’t clear. But because some of them were wearing the rubber bands… Continue reading
Capital City Fire/Rescue firefighters Craig Brown, left, and Travis Wolfe use a tarp to cover a broken skylight in the 3200 block of Foster Avenue… Continue reading
The sole survivor of Friday’s plane crash remained in critical condition at a Seattle hospital Monday afternoon.Twenty-one-year-old Morgan Enright is in the intensive care unit,… Continue reading
The Alaska House has voted to require Alaska businesses to report when an employee loses an eye or a limb on the job.Senate Bill 148,… Continue reading
Investigators from the Fire Marshal’s office are still at the scene tonight after a top floor apartment fire in downtown Juneau. According to online reports from… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives is again recommending Alaska join a convention to revise the U.S. Constitution.On Sunday, lawmakers spent nearly 90 minutes debating the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The collapse in oil prices has left oil-reliant Alaska with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit and few palatable options for digging its way out.With… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The only school in one of Alaska’s most eroded communities is among 28 public and private entities in the state whose water systems… Continue reading
A Juneau grand jury indicted a 49-year-old woman Friday who police say provided a false name during a hit-and-run investigation.Sherry Lynn Petranovich told a Juneau… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — When walking through the Ketchikan Public Library or down a hall of the University of Alaska Southeast Ketchikan Campus’ Robertson Building or even… Continue reading
An informal community discussion today called “Help and Hope” will connect community members with services in and around Juneau for adolescents struggling with emotional or… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Police are asking for information after a man was last seen falling through the Chena River ice.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported the man… Continue reading
BETHEL — A pizza shop in Bethel has sold the first beer in the city in 40 years, but business was slow.Fili’s Pizza is the… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Two of Ketchikan’s regional airlines have combined, with Taquan Air purchasing Promech Air’s Alaska operations.The Ketchikan Daily News reported that Taquan will take… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. dropped by seven this week to 443, another all-time low… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Anchorage division of the FBI has a new special agent in charge.FBI Director James Comey announced Thursday that Marlin Ritzman will take… 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
Introduction to Using Computers, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Free. Details: 586-5718.Write About It: Writing Skills to Build Confidence, 9:15-10:45 a.m., The… Continue reading
PANAMA CITY — Panamanians have long shrugged off their country’s checkered reputation as a financial haven for drug lords, tax dodgers and corrupt oligarchs. They… Continue reading
