When Juneau’s Twin Lakes Playground burned down on April 24, news of the fire quickly spread to the Alaska State Capitol. Pete Kelly, president of… Continue reading
The sound of construction equipment will replace the sounds of tennis rackets and squeaking sneakers at Cope Park for the early part of the summer.… Continue reading
If you haven’t noticed it, it’s working. In October, the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities installed a new traffic management system to reduce… Continue reading
The owner of one of Juneau’s trademark natural attractions is looking to make a change — again. Spike Bicknell, the owner of Bicknell, Inc., owns… 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
Marilyn Wilson struggles to hold back her emotions at the thought of Mother’s Day without hearing from her daughter. It’s been more than a year… Continue reading
In one way, Saturday’s totem pole raising ceremony at Gastineau Elementary School felt like the culmination of a decades-long process. At the same time, those… Continue reading
The USS O’Kane pulls into port Saturday afternoon. The O’Kane, a Basline 5.3 Flight II Arleigh Burke-class guided missle destroyer, is the 27th destroyer of… Continue reading
The water in front of Jay Beedle’s remote beachfront property often looks like a classroom poster of Southeast Alaska marine life: humpback whales bubblenet feed,… 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
Friday night was a special evening for 18-year-old Shelby Girmscheid. Just not in the way she expected. Like many teenagers across the country, Girmscheid was… Continue reading
What started as a dream in the Philippines for Salud Elizarde has taken her all over the world, ending up at Bartlett Regional Hospital in… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate on Friday voted 15-4 to kill an income tax proposed by the House, all but ensuring the Alaska’s multibillion-dollar deficit will not… Continue reading
In early February, Anchorage’s Alyssa London became the first Tlingit to win the Miss Alaska USA competition. She competes in the Miss USA pageant Sunday,… Continue reading
In the process of approving its budget for the 2018 Fiscal Year, the City and Borough of Juneau Finance Committee also approved funding for an… 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
New details have emerged in the stabbing that seriously injured a party-goer on Thane Road last month, after a Juneau grand jury indicted the 37-year-old… Continue reading
For the first time since 2008, Alaska’s capital city will welcome a U.S. Navy warship. On Saturday, the destroyer USS O’Kane and its 281 crew… Continue reading
Juneau’s second pot shop, Fireweed Factory LLC, opened Tuesday, and did so quietly. Tucked in a tiny space on Front Street between the Imperial Saloon… Continue reading
Alaska’s Senate voted Thursday to drain one of the state’s remaining savings accounts to make a big down payment on a pile of promised drilling… Continue reading
