Sen. Bill Wielechowski knows the state needs to balance its budget. The Anchorage Democrat just wants to make sure that Alaskans’ Permanent Fund Dividend isn’t… Continue reading
As this year draws quickly to its close, it’s becoming increasingly clear that any future mention of 2016 will — for Americans anyway — primarily… 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
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police say they have closed an old homicide case involving the death of a 60-year-old man at a local homeless camp after… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Seismologists in Alaska say a light earthquake that struck Friday was felt in Homer and Funny River.The Alaska Earthquake Center says the 4.1… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 54-year-old Copper Center woman has died after she was struck by a vehicle as she stood in the roadway on the Glenn… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy snow and strong winds in Alaska’s Turnagain Pass and Portage Valley over the holiday weekend.The Weather… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A volcano is erupting again in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands.The Alaska Volcano Observatory says a Coast Guard vessel crew was in the area of… Continue reading
Emily Russo Miller has been named interim Managing Editor of the Juneau Empire, which became effective Dec. 24.Miller will fill in for departing Director of… Continue reading
Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Darrell Bachmann doesn’t wear ruby slippers, but when he clicks his heel, something magical happens.Bachmann invented KickSpikes, a boot designed to walk on… Continue reading
A Petersburg man will serve five years in prison for transporting child pornography, according to a Department of Justice press release.On Tuesday, Chief U.S. District… Continue reading
KENAI — The proposed cuts in Gov. Bill Walker’s fiscal year 2018 budget would fall heavily across the state, including broad reductions to the Alaska… Continue reading
There are two ways to look at the just-completed four years of renovations at the Alaska State Capitol: Inside and out.“I don’t think you’ll notice… Continue reading
After the Public Safety Commissioner, on behalf of the governor, asked the state’s top anti-rape leader to resign, a member of the governor’s inner circle… Continue reading
Eighth-graders Electra Morley, left, Kiera Liska, center, and Lila Quigley unlace their skates after a school field trip to the Treadwell Ice Arena on Thursday.… Continue reading
New student orientation, 9-10 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Interested in improving your skills for college, training programs or for taking the GED… Continue reading
The Gold Town Nickelodeon, Unitarian Universalists and Congregation Sukkat Shalom are pleased to host a “Fiddler on the Roof” sing-a-long and screening on Christmas Day.… Continue reading
For the second straight day, the Alaska Volcano Observatory issued its highest alert level for aviation when a volcano erupted with a towering ash cloud… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The state-sponsored corporation promoting development of Alaska’s North Slope gas is still in negotiations to take over a major liquefied natural gas project… Continue reading
