Police & Fire for Tuesday, May 3, 2016

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

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

Gun Runner, Mor Spirit and Creator get in final Derby work

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A day after storms drenched Churchill Downs, Kentucky Derby horses Mor Spirit, Gun Runner and stablemate Creator enjoyed sunny skies and solid… Continue reading

  • May 3, 2016
  • By GARY B. GRAVES
University of  Alaska Southeast Chancellor Richard A. Caulfield poses for a selfie with a recent graduate during the 2016 UAS commencement ceremony held Sunday.

UAS ceremony honors 670 grads

The number of University of Alaska Southeast degrees, certificates and licenses handed out during a ceremony on Sunday were among the most ever, according to… Continue reading

University of  Alaska Southeast Chancellor Richard A. Caulfield poses for a selfie with a recent graduate during the 2016 UAS commencement ceremony held Sunday.

Council pursues new $12.5M office for Anchorage lawmakers

After a veto threat from Gov. Bill Walker, lawmakers have changed their plans for a new office building in Anchorage.On Monday evening, members of the… Continue reading

Alaxander Oliphant, right, speaks with his court-appointed attorney Tom Wagner during his arraignment in Juneau District Court on Monday. Oliphant is alleged to have crashed his truck into the Governor's Mansion garage door Thursday night while under the influence of alcohol.

Mansion crasher appears in court

A Juneau man said he was just trying to find a spot to park his truck after a long day of traveling. Ramming into Gov.… Continue reading

Alaxander Oliphant, right, speaks with his court-appointed attorney Tom Wagner during his arraignment in Juneau District Court on Monday. Oliphant is alleged to have crashed his truck into the Governor's Mansion garage door Thursday night while under the influence of alcohol.

Moda out of Alaska in 2017

JUNEAU — One of the two companies offering individual health insurance policies for Alaskans announced Monday that it will not be participating in that market… Continue reading

Coghill says he’s recommending lawmakers drop Medicaid suit

JUNEAU — Alaska Senate Majority Leader John Coghill said Monday that he has recommended that lawmakers drop their lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Walker’s authority to… Continue reading

Mallott: Less confrontation on timber

KETCHIKAN — Alaska should rethink its relationship with environmentalists and its approach to long-term timber policy, said Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott on Wednesday.Mallott, Gov. Bill… Continue reading

Undefeated Nyquist headlines race

A year after American Pharoah thrilled the sports world by winning horse racing’s first Triple Crown in 37 years, here comes Nyquist.The colt named for… Continue reading

  • May 2, 2016
  • By BETH HARRIS

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

Iditarod bans musher from ’17 race

ANCHORAGE — A musher who has been charged in a domestic violence case has been banned from next year’s Iditarod, race officials announced Friday in… Continue reading

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 20, 2016, Laurie Hart poses with a painting of her brother Mark Coulthurst's fishing vessel the Investor  painted by local artist James Williamson, at her home in Blaine, Wash. home. Almost 34 years ago, Mark Coulthurst, 28, the Investor's skipper; his pregnant wife, Irene Coulthurst, also 28; their two children, Kimberly, 5, and John, 4; and Michael Stewart, 19, of Bellingham, a cousin of Mark Coulthurst, were killed aboard the Investor, a purse seiner found ablaze Sept. 7, 1982, near Craig, a fishing village in Southeast Alaska. (Philip A. Dwyer/The Bellingham Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

8 killed in 1982 Investor murders remembered

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Does the time ever come when a community stops remembering a murdered group of its own? In the case of Blaine, possibly… Continue reading

In this photo taken Wednesday, April 20, 2016, Laurie Hart poses with a painting of her brother Mark Coulthurst's fishing vessel the Investor  painted by local artist James Williamson, at her home in Blaine, Wash. home. Almost 34 years ago, Mark Coulthurst, 28, the Investor's skipper; his pregnant wife, Irene Coulthurst, also 28; their two children, Kimberly, 5, and John, 4; and Michael Stewart, 19, of Bellingham, a cousin of Mark Coulthurst, were killed aboard the Investor, a purse seiner found ablaze Sept. 7, 1982, near Craig, a fishing village in Southeast Alaska. (Philip A. Dwyer/The Bellingham Herald via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
Syringe needles, a knife and a used bottle of insulin found on the beach by The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies during an October 2014 beach clean-up with middle school students at Bishop's Beach in Homer. Ginny Espinshade keeps the bottle containing the needles as an educational visual aid.

Heroin addiction hooks Homer

Homer has a heroin problem, and it is growing. Similar to the fable of the blind men each touching different parts of an elephant and… Continue reading

Syringe needles, a knife and a used bottle of insulin found on the beach by The Center for Alaskan Coastal Studies during an October 2014 beach clean-up with middle school students at Bishop's Beach in Homer. Ginny Espinshade keeps the bottle containing the needles as an educational visual aid.

State wants gas sale info for Prudhoe plan

ANCHORAGE — The state Division of Oil and Gas wants significantly more information from Prudhoe Bay field operator BP and its fellow working owners on… Continue reading

ConocoPhillips loses $1.47B in 1Q

ANCHORAGE — ConocoPhillips posted a loss of $1.47 billion in the first quarter of 2016, including a $2 million net loss from its Alaska operations.The… Continue reading

Lawyer approved for Metlakatla lawsuit

KETCHIKAN — A Seattle-based attorney will be allowed to represent two Metlakatla residents in their federal Civil Rights Act complaint in U.S. District Court.Joseph James… Continue reading

Police pursue, detain erratic driver behind late-night chase

Officers detained the driver of a truck who allegedly almost struck several pedestrians and vehicles head on Saturday night during a vehicle pursuit. The 22-year-old… Continue reading

State seeks dismissal of lawsuit over governor’s admin order

JUNEAU — A seine fisherman from Southeast Alaska and a commercial fishing trade organization have sued Gov. Bill Walker over an administrative order they say… Continue reading

Angelica Curtis sits with her son, Jonathan Torres, at their rented home in Haines in early April. Angelica's parents are trying to regain legal custody of Jonathan, conceived by statutory rape when Angelica was 13 in Petersburg. Currently, the father's parents in Petersburg have legal parental rights even though Jonathan has lived with the Curtis' since he was born.

Twice the victim of a rapist

It’s been six years since Angelica Curtis gave birth to a child she conceived through statutory rape, and she still remembers the name she wanted… Continue reading

Angelica Curtis sits with her son, Jonathan Torres, at their rented home in Haines in early April. Angelica's parents are trying to regain legal custody of Jonathan, conceived by statutory rape when Angelica was 13 in Petersburg. Currently, the father's parents in Petersburg have legal parental rights even though Jonathan has lived with the Curtis' since he was born.