Feds designate Juneau’s Indian Point as sacred, worthy of protection

Indian Point in Juneau has recently been added to the National Register of Historic Places due to its traditional and cultural significance. The roughly 78-acre… Continue reading

UAS students using disability services quintuples from 2008

JUNEAU — The number of students using disability services at the University of Alaska Southeast is more than five times what it was in 2008.There… Continue reading

57-year-old inmate at Kenai center dies

ANCHORAGE — State corrections officials say a 57-year-old inmate at a Kenai facility has died.Michael Talcott was found unresponsive in a cell at the Wildwood… Continue reading

Anchorage fire truck damaged when struck by small sedan

ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage fire truck is out of service after it was involved in a crash with a car Monday night.The Anchorage Fire Department… Continue reading

Floatplane rescues woman swept into Cook Inlet

ANCHORAGE — A woman swept into Cook Inlet was rescued Monday night by a pilot and at least one passenger of a floatplane.The Anchorage Fire… Continue reading

Officials celebrate near completion of launch complex

KODIAK — Construction of the Pacific Spaceport Complex in Kodiak is near completion following a rocket explosion at the facility two years ago.The explosion, which… Continue reading

Kodiak pedestrian struck by bus, seriously injured

KODIAK — A Kodiak pedestrian was flown to Anchorage in serious condition after he was struck over the weekend by a school bus.Alaska State Troopers… Continue reading

Clockwise, from top left, area-wide candidates Norton Gregory and Kate Troll, District 2 candidate Beth Weldon; and District 1 candidates Arnold Liebelt, William Quayle Jr. and Mary Becker.

Ballot finalized for fall Assembly election

The ballot for this fall’s city election is set. Six candidates, two of whom are incumbents, are vying for three open seats on the Assembly.Before… Continue reading

Clockwise, from top left, area-wide candidates Norton Gregory and Kate Troll, District 2 candidate Beth Weldon; and District 1 candidates Arnold Liebelt, William Quayle Jr. and Mary Becker.
Barbara Taug casts an early vote Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 at the Mendenhall Mall. Alaska's statewide primary is Tuesday.

Quiet primary predicted for Juneau

For at least one day, you can forget about Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.In a year filled with contentious politics, today’s primary election will be… Continue reading

Barbara Taug casts an early vote Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 at the Mendenhall Mall. Alaska's statewide primary is Tuesday.
This Aug. 12, 2016, photo shows U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, campaigning at a busy street corner in Anchorage, Alaska. Murkowski is expected to win Tuesday's Republican primary, but has been campaigning hard after losing her 2010 primary race, only to come back and win re-election in a general election write-in bid. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska voters to help settle US House, Senate fields Tuesday

ANCHORAGE — Alaskans will go to the polls today to help settle the general election fields for U.S. Senate and House races, and in some… Continue reading

This Aug. 12, 2016, photo shows U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, campaigning at a busy street corner in Anchorage, Alaska. Murkowski is expected to win Tuesday's Republican primary, but has been campaigning hard after losing her 2010 primary race, only to come back and win re-election in a general election write-in bid. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
In this Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 photo, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor answers a question from Robert Hannon during a conversation with her at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks' Davis Concert Hall in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Erin Corneliussen/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

Justice Sotomayor gets personal with UA Fairbanks audience

FAIRBANKS — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor shared some of her personal experiences with an audience in Fairbanks, calling on them to help build… Continue reading

In this Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 photo, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor answers a question from Robert Hannon during a conversation with her at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks' Davis Concert Hall in Fairbanks, Alaska. (Erin Corneliussen/Fairbanks Daily News-Miner via AP)

Credit union closes accounts connected to pot businesses

FAIRBANKS — A federally chartered Alaska credit union has restricted the personal accounts of people starting marijuana businesses.A spokeswoman for Alaska USA Federal Credit Union… Continue reading

Police calls for Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016

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

Around Town

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

Prosecutors reach plea deal in 2015 fatal shooting

ANCHORAGE — A man who shot and killed a woman and wounded two other people in Eagle River has pleaded guilty to one count of… Continue reading

4 charged in string of Anchorage car thefts, burglaries

ANCHORAGE — Four Anchorage men suspected of stealing thousands of dollars of property have been indicted by a grand jury.Anchorage police say the four are… Continue reading

Man with long gun robs Anchorage liquor store, steals cash

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are looking for a man who robbed a midtown liquor store early Sunday morning.Witnesses at 12:36 a.m. called police reporting the… Continue reading

Police nab suspected wharf burglar

Police have arrested a man who allegedly broke into the Merchant’s Wharf building and stole at $600 worth of property early Saturday morning.At 6:25 a.m.… Continue reading

The race is on: Four in the running to fill two school board seats

Four have filed to run for two Juneau School Board seats, including a recent Thunder Mountain High School graduate, a former school board aspirant and… Continue reading

Katherine Dimond, 23, stands beside her winning 27.4 pound catch on Friday at the Douglas weighing station. Dimond's catch was the largest during the three-day 2016 Golden North Salmon Derby.

Derby review: Smaller numbers, bigger fight

Katherine Dimond said she and her family were five minutes away from calling it a day when it happened: a 27.4 pound fish was at… Continue reading

Katherine Dimond, 23, stands beside her winning 27.4 pound catch on Friday at the Douglas weighing station. Dimond's catch was the largest during the three-day 2016 Golden North Salmon Derby.