The first week of each session of the Alaska Legislature is always one of organization and preparation. With 15 new members in the 30th Legislature… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Winter conditions more closely associated with Alaska have returned to the state’s largest city after two years of low snowfall totals. National Weather… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks mayor’s office says a former city police chief did have a conflict of interest that barred him from the job. The… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating the death of a 17-year-old boy shot and killed in the Government Hill neighborhood. Police early Saturday morning took… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Heavy snow has collapsed the roof of an Anchorage sports complex. The Dome is closed and all events have been postponed until repairs… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. leaped by 35 this week to 694. A year ago,… Continue reading
KOKHANOK — A 17-year-old boy riding double on an all-terrain vehicle died in a crash on Iliamna (il-ee-AHM-nah) Lake 12 miles north of the village… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Wasilla police say a woman died in a two-car crash on Knik-Goose Bay Road. Anchorage television station KTUU reported 49-year-old Jeanette Pitchford died… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The state labor department says Alaska’s unemployment rate ended 2016 at 6.7 percent. That preliminary, seasonally adjusted rate for December compares to 6.8… Continue reading
HONOLULU — A federal judge on Friday overturned the conviction of a mother found guilty of assaulting her 15-month-old daughter on a flight from Alaska.… Continue reading
On Jan. 23, 1987, Gov. Steve Cowper announced a new addition to his fiscal plan: implementing an income tax to generate more funds for the… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Brian Coyle thought his marijuana lab, AK Green Labs, would open last September. Nobody told him he needed a “change of use,” or… Continue reading
In 1986, Alaska was in the middle of a cataclysmic recession. Geoff and Marcy Larson decided it was the perfect time to open a brewery.… Continue reading
On Jan. 22, 1987, Gov. Steve Cowper prepared to discuss the final part of his fiscal plan: budget cuts. The total amount suggested to be… 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 21-year-old man who was caught transporting three pounds of methamphetamine — reportedly the largest seizure in Southeast Alaska in at least 10 years— on… Continue reading
President Donald Trump took down the whitehouse.gov webpage on climate change after taking office Friday, but scientists and academics at the University of Alaska Southeast… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has officially proposed freezing the pay of approximately 5,000 nonunion state employees. Senate Bill 31 was announced Friday morning, two weeks after… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A sentencing hearing has been canceled for a second day in a row in the case of an Alaska man who was convicted… Continue reading
Thunder Mountain High School boys basketball took the first of two games against visiting Colony Friday, shooting 20-26 from the line to ice the Knights… Continue reading
