Longtime Juneau resident and AFL-CIO lobbyist Don Etheridge is running for the Alaska Senate seat representing northern Southeast Alaska. On Sunday, Etheridge filed a letter… Continue reading
Ten thousand cruise passengers poured into Juneau on Tuesday, with many of them making their way past food carts on South Franklin Street. The street… Continue reading
Cordova Pleasants can’t wait to show off dresses with beads and lace and see men in double-breasted suits strut their stuff. Pleasants, owner of Resolute… Continue reading
Mention school and science, or now STEM, and many Juneauites will tell you about their Sea Week experiences. Just as there are now community efforts… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
A Juneau grand jury indicted a 47-year-old man last week for the burglary of a downtown coffee shop earlier this month. Juneau Police Department officer… Continue reading
A pickup truck struck and killed a pedestrian near the Brotherhood Bridge on Monday evening, Juneau Police Department officers said at the scene Monday. The… Continue reading
At about 4:45 p.m. Monday, an eagle flying over Alaska Electric Light & Power dropped an unexpected payload – a piece of scrap metal. Deb… Continue reading
A Capital Transit bus collided with a motorcycle Saturday afternoon at the intersection of Glacier Highway and Hospital Drive, sending the motorcycle driver to Bartlett… Continue reading
A car went off Thane Road on Sunday afternoon, police say, leading to a crash that totaled the car and sent two people to the… Continue reading
A proposal to transfer $21.3 million into the accounts of the Juneau Access project stayed within the state’s $1.5 billion capital construction and renovation budget,… Continue reading
Alaska’s Medicaid program may run out of money as soon as the second week of June, leaving doctors, hospitals and nursing homes with unpaid bills… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
Infrastructure, when everything works according to plan, probably does not get a second-thought from everyone. That is why this week it will be getting the… Continue reading
“Behold the new star” is the translation of the Alaska Pioneers, Grand Igloo’s motto, Ecce Novum Astrum. Friends and visitors to the Juneau Pioneers Home… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature has likely removed a ballot measure from this fall’s statewide election. In a 39-1 vote Friday night, the Alaska House of Representatives… Continue reading
In the final days of the two-year legislative session, lawmakers were making up for lost time. At the end of their first year, the 30th… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
When World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War veteran James H. “Pat” Carothers retired from the U.S. Marine Corp in 1979, he was the… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature adjourned its 2018 session just before 2 a.m. Sunday morning after passing a $10.4 billion state operating budget that funds ferries, health… Continue reading
