FAIRBANKS — Authorities in Alaska say a Canadian man is the latest person to be rescued near an abandoned bus made famous by the book… Continue reading
RENO, Nev. — A dirt road in a national forest at the center of a decades-old dispute between the Forest Service and a rural Nevada… Continue reading
On the first day of school, Thunder Mountain High School vice principal Rhonda Hickok went around the school to count how many students were there.“I… Continue reading
Tough global competition and low natural gas prices have Alaska’s partners in a multibillion-dollar trans-Alaska pipeline preparing to give up — at least for now.On… Continue reading
You know wine. You’re about to learn cannabis.Earlier this month, Rainforest Farms became Juneau’s first working cannabis farm. Among its 240-some plants are 55 different… Continue reading
Juneau schools are seeing an increase this year of about 200 students compared to the 2015-16 school year, leading to the largest student body population… Continue reading
On Thursday, the office of Gov. Bill Walker announced the appointment of three Juneau residents to state boards and commissions:• Sheri Gray of Juneau was… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will permit 11 wolves to be hunted this fall and winter on Prince of Wales Island and surrounding… Continue reading
A Juneau judge has sentenced a 23-year-old man to three years in prison for attempting to sexually abuse a minor two years ago.Juneau Superior Court… Continue reading
On Aug. 28, 1986, Gov. Bill Sheffield and his administration were trying to adjust to the hard loss he took in the Democratic primary for… Continue reading
Wild Kitchen Walk, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., Eagle River United Methodist Camp. Learn about wild edible plants and berries, go on foraging hikes, cook hands-on, and… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage child has died of injuries suffered in an all-terrain vehicle accident on Aug. 11.Alaska State Troopers say that 10-year-old Aaliyahellie Shangin-Andrews… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say lab tests showed the presence of the powerful painkiller fentanyl in heroin seized from a village where four people… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska’s largest city is home to more than 300 grizzly and black bears and now more than a dozen multicolored ones.Life-size bear statues… Continue reading
No fatalities were reported Friday evening after a Cessna commercial aircraft arriving from Hoonah landed in the wetlands, a few thousand feet east of the… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed the arrival of “Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza” in Alaska. This flu, detected in a mallard duck, is… Continue reading
For seven years, an office manager at the Juneau Bone and Joint Center did a lot more than restock on pens and legal pads with… Continue reading
For about eight years, four carved wooden shields, known in Tlingit as Tináa, hung in the Harborview Elementary School entryway, welcoming students and their parents… Continue reading
The Alaska Section of Epidemiology is reporting an enormous spike in the number of young Alaskans infected with Hepatitis C, possibly because of rising drug… Continue reading
