FAIRBANKS — If you ask Phillip Charette “What makes you who you are?” don’t expect a simple answer.The half Yup’ik, half French Canadian director of… Continue reading
Law enforcement officials with the Juneau Police Department, Alaska State Troopers, Alaska Department of Corrections and U.S. Forest Service prepare to take local youth shopping… Continue reading
This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading
NEW YORK — There were times by the end of his shift that firefighter Joseph Nardone’s head would be pounding, his eyes crossing from the… Continue reading
MANCHESTER, N.H. — The third Democratic presidential debate opened with an apology and ended with compliments.For months, the Democratic primary contest has been a relatively… Continue reading
SPOKANE, Wash. — The nation’s most polluted nuclear weapons production site is now its newest national park.Thousands of people are expected next year to tour… Continue reading
LOS ANGELES — To say that the force is strong with this one is an understatement.“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” brought in a galactic $238… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Republican foes of President Barack Obama’s health care law may be able to get more by chipping away at it than trying to… Continue reading
BRUSSELS — Brahim Abdeslam seemed no different from his peers in Molenbeek, one of Belgium’s poorest districts, where drug use is rife and many of… Continue reading
TUV AIMAG, Mongolia — Through three decades of marriage, they have wandered together across the rolling hills of Mongolia’s northern Tuv Province, accompanied by their… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators split on their votes for a sweeping budget package Friday, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski voting in favor and Sen.… Continue reading
Editor’s Note: This is one part of a series examining why it’s so hard for heroin and drug addicts to get into treatment in Juneau,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An attorney in the Fairbanks Four case said Friday the four indigenous men previously convicted in the 1997 beating death of a teenager… Continue reading
During a season filled with giving and lifted spirits, Kolene James was troubled by a news article revealing financial woes for Juneau’s homeless shelter. Something… Continue reading
BOISE, Idaho — Idaho’s losing legal battle to defend the state’s ban on same-sex marriage has cost taxpayers roughly $715,000, making it one of the… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Makers of the popular Discovery network series “Deadliest Catch” are heading south to a fishing village in Oregon for a spinoff.The new… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A rough estimate shows the Western Arctic Caribou Herd is not rebounding from its last several years of declining population.State wildlife experts estimate… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — A fire has destroyed a decades-old hotel in Craig that served as a landmark in the small community.Ruth Ann’s caught fire early Thursday… Continue reading
Hayden Garrison, of the Glacier Valley Rotary Club, stacks boxes of food with the help of students from the Thunder Mountain High School Interact Club… Continue reading
This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading
