KETCHIKAN — Alaska State Troopers have identified a person suspected of passing a $50 counterfeit bill at a Ketchikan business.Troopers on Wednesday took a call… Continue reading
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The Juneau Affordable Housing Commission will be holding two public meetings at the end of the month to present the city’s Housing Action Plan and… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Army on Monday said it will delay reducing a unit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage by 2,600 soldiers because of… 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 — A report suggests Alaska could save $7.5 million if lawmakers abandoned plans to purchase its new, remodeled office space in Anchorage and instead… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has officially ended.Mary Helwig, a 32-year-old rookie from Willow, Alaska, was the last musher to reach Nome.She… Continue reading
SEATTLE — An amputated foot, a fractured hand and a fingertip crushed so badly it had to be surgically removed were among the injuries suffered… Continue reading
Alaska’s House Education Committee is considering a bill that would require parent permission before children can be taught sexual education and ban abortion service providers… Continue reading
EMMONAK — Authorities say a fire that started in a fisheries warehouse in the western Alaska town of Emmonak has destroyed several buildings and caused… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A former postal service worker in Fairbanks who stole prescription medication from the mail has been sentenced to four months in prison.U.S. District… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — One of the best days of Joe Dinkins’ 73 years alive is when he won the Nenana Ice Classic 10 years ago.“I got… Continue reading
CUPERTINO, Calif. — As it struggles to match the success of its big-screen iPhones, Apple is now contending that small can be beautiful, too.The giant… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — A front-runner under attack from all sides, Republican Donald Trump demanded that his party’s skeptical establishment embrace the inevitability of his presidential nomination… Continue reading
HAVANA — In a stunning diplomatic display, U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro tussled in the Cuban capital Monday over human rights,… Continue reading
Victoria Demmert decorates a T-shirt in memorial of her mother during the Juneau Clothesline Project held at The Canvas on Friday evening. A domestic violence… Continue reading
A committee of the Alaska House of Representatives has diluted a plan by Gov. Bill Walker to cut the state’s subsidy for oil and gas… Continue reading
The Baranof Hotel was evacuated briefly Sunday night after a bucket of oily rags in the basement caught fire setting off fire alarms, according to… Continue reading
Alaska’s annual budget gap will explode to almost $4 billion next fiscal year, according to new estimates from the Alaska Department of Revenue.On Monday, the… Continue reading
The Juneau Police Department is investigating a possible DWI this weekend that left a passenger injured and the driver nowhere to be seen.JPD received multiple… Continue reading