WASHINGTON — A polarized Senate voted Thursday against expanding background checks for more gun purchases, rejecting the proposal a day after the latest U.S. mass… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The only school in the small rural Interior Alaska community of Beaver is facing closure due to low enrollment, forcing some families to… Continue reading
Alaska Marine Highway System leaders are asking whether the system should increase rates, reduce its fleet or cut a port of call.The questions were posed… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — After years of stymied efforts to address the nation’s aging and congested highways and bridges, Congress found the sweet spot for passage… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — After three years of study and debate, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the military Thursday to open all military jobs to women, removing… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Openly welcoming a preordained veto, Senate Republicans on Thursday drove toward passage legislation aimed at crippling two of their favorite targets: President… Continue reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Paul Ryan pledged Thursday that the House will finally come up with a replacement to President Barack Obama’s health care… Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — The number of U.S. police officers charged with murder or manslaughter for on-duty shootings has tripled this year — a sharp increase… Continue reading
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted Thursday of a misdemeanor count connected to a deadly coal mine explosion and acquitted… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The partners in a major liquefied natural gas project that the state of Alaska is pursuing voted Thursday to approve a work program… Continue reading
The daughter of a 37-year-old man who was fatally stabbed in a Douglas apartment Thursday morning says her father was senselessly slain over a stolen… Continue reading
With a new hydroelectric dam in the works for Juneau, members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission arrived Wednesday in the capital city to hear… Continue reading
HONOLULU — The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked votes from being counted in a unique election that’s considered a major step toward self-governance for… Continue reading
Following a flurry of phone calls from readers, the Juneau Empire has decided to continue printing TV guide listings starting Sunday, Dec. 6. The Empire… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.UAS art show and food drive, 9 a.m., UAS Egan Library. From Dec. 3-8.Open lab computer… Continue reading
Criminal trespass• At 6:23 p.m. Tuesday, Dwayne Clements, 46, was arrested for criminal trespass in the 8100 block of Glacier Highway. He was taken to… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources is preparing to approve a 25-year lease for a barge and boat landing to be used by the Quartz… Continue reading
NEW DELHI — There was a time when winter in the Indian capital was a glorious thing. Clear, sunny days and crisp cold nights.No longer.… Continue reading
LE BOURGET, France — Attempts to inscribe a long-term goal to phase out carbon emissions in an envisioned global climate pact are facing pushback at… Continue reading
NEW DELHI — Farmer Ajmad Miyah has given up on ever settling down again. Three years after the sea swallowed his home on the Bangladeshi… Continue reading
