During the public school board budget meeting Tuesday evening at the Juneau-Douglas High School library, Superintendent Mark Miller addressed the sparse group consisting of school… Continue reading
Chuck-e-Cheese and Dave & Buster’s need not worry for much longer. The Alaska Legislature is preparing a bill to shield arcades from the state’s gambling… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A Senate committee heard testimony on Wednesday on an effort to amend the U.S. Constitution and establish a mechanism for states to overturn… Continue reading
Just off the Twin Lakes trail, a yellow snake-like boom — similar to those that float around the perimeter of most oil spills — surrounds… Continue reading
A former Juneau resident pled guilty Monday to charges related to an unauthorized burning of timber and failure to maintain control of a fire in… Continue reading
An excavator sifts through the rubble that was the Gastineau Apartments as seen from Gastineau Avenue on Tuesday.In case you missed it, check out the… Continue reading
The tugboat Challenger, sunken in Gastineau Channel since September, will be lifted from the seafloor within three months, the head of marine pollution response for… Continue reading
The trans-Alaska Pipeline System is still 100 percent full.The speed of oil flow, not the amount of oil in the 39-year-old pipeline, is the issue… Continue reading
At a work session Monday night, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly worked for about an hour to answer the age-old question: What happens… Continue reading
A former Juneau resident listened to a Juneau judge 500 miles away over the phone Tuesday as she made her first court appearance in connection… Continue reading
Stories on Jan. 29 and Feb. 2 incorrectly identified Walt Monegan as a corrections commissioner under former Gov. Sarah Palin. He served as her commissioner… Continue reading
On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to use earthquake-resistant designs when remodeling an existing building or building a new… Continue reading
The City and Borough of Juneau will hold a public meet-and-greet Thursday with the two candidates looking to fill Juneau’s new chief housing officer position.Scott… Continue reading
If Iowa and New Hampshire aren’t enough to shake out the Republican presidential field, Alaska will sit among the deciding states.Eleven candidates have registered for… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Alaska State Troopers used a police dog to arrest two men suspected of burglarizing a Fairbanks home.Troopers just before 11 p.m. Sunday took… Continue reading
The House State Affairs Committee on Tuesday voted its approval of a bill to restore the Permanent Fund Dividends of the Fairbanks Four and others… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9 a.m.-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Storytime, 11 a.m.,… Continue reading
JUNEAU— An Alaska state senator suffered from a case of misidentification during a committee hearing Tuesday, confusing the name of assistant attorney general with an… 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
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police say an Army sergeant died when he unknowingly fired a loaded gun to his head when trying to show a friend… Continue reading
