On the same day they killed the centerpiece of Gov. Bill Walker’s 13-point plan to fix Alaska’s deficit, members of the Alaska House voted to… Continue reading
The manager of the Duck Creek Market said he kicked a shirtless, erratic-behaving man off of his property Friday morning before the store was open,… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals for a surveyor to mark a road between Kake and Petersburg.Logging roads already trace the forest on… Continue reading
The Yukon has the least people of any Canadian province, Statistics Canada has announced in its quarterly release of population statistics, which took place Thursday.According… Continue reading
A sunny Thursday generated the warmest day so far this year in the capital city, with the official measuring point at Juneau International Airport reaching… Continue reading
Alaska’s new education commissioner is coming to Juneau from a rural school district with fewer than 500 students.On Thursday, the state school board announced the… Continue reading
For the first time since it opened in 1998, the National Weather Service in Juneau held a community open house on Thursday.“We want to reacquaint… Continue reading
Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Library. Details: 586-5267. Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. Allice J. Branton to play a variety of music. Senior Lunch,… 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
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers said the three men killed Tuesday in a traffic crash on a remote Aleutian island were all from Anchorage.Troopers say… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Department of Corrections inmates walking away from halfway houses in Alaska’s largest city are becoming a public safety problem, according to the Anchorage… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage woman is being held on suspicion of felony assault and operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs after a traffic… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A former Fairbanks chiropractor and gun dealer received 17 years in prison for soliciting the murder of federal officers and others involved in… Continue reading
The Alaska House Finance Committee on Thursday evening failed to muster enough votes to advance a modified version of Senate Bill 128 that preserves its… Continue reading
The Juneau Police Department is asking the public for help finding a teenage runaway whose recent activity, or lack thereof, has raised a red flag.Trinity… Continue reading
A person, possibly suffering from mental health issues, made a false report to police Thursday that there was a shooter in the Mendenhall Valley, an… Continue reading
The oddly muggy air and dark clouds on Wednesday night foreshadowed a weather phenomena rare to Juneau: thunderstorms.Thunderstorms only happen about once every other year… Continue reading
One woman is dead and a 10-year-old child remains hospitalized after a Wednesday night accident ejected several passengers from a boat into water near Elfin… Continue reading
Juneau is getting a new asphalt plant, at least temporarily.At its Tuesday night meeting, the Juneau Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit allowing an… Continue reading
BETHEL — The Association of Village Council Presidents is like a sinking ship without a captain, according to a tribal delegate for the troubled organization,… Continue reading
