KODIAK — A group that advises the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on marijuana regulations has decided to allow commercial pot growing in some residential areas.The… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Two brothers have been indicted on murder charges for the shooting death of a man outside a Fairbanks bar last year.A grand jury… Continue reading
A Yakutat man is dead and his sister’s home has been gutted by a Saturday morning house fire.Yakutat police chief Robert Baty confirmed Saturday evening… Continue reading
HOMER — After years of investigation, Homer’s only unsolved murder now awaits a decision by the Kenai District Attorney on whether charges can be filed.… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A tiny island village on Alaska’s storm-battered western coast is entering a new chapter in its decades-long pursuit to move the entire community… Continue reading
In mid-January, everyone aboard the ferry Tustumena was miserable.Each year, the Alaska Marine Highway System takes the Tustumena out of regular service and sails it… Continue reading
On July 30, 1986, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries continued to toy with oil prices, fertilizing doubt that Alaska’s revenue — most of which… Continue reading
At the Gustavus Inn, cocktail hour starts at a quarter to six with hors d’oeuvres. It could be homemade sourdough flatbread with pesto made from… Continue reading
When counterfeit money shows up in Juneau, District Attorney James Scott said it’s usually a desperate attempt tied to another problem in Juneau — drug… Continue reading
Juneau Police Department detectives are asking the public for help in their investigation of a 2015 double murder.On Nov. 15 around 12:30 p.m., police were… Continue reading
Several fliers have recently been posted on bulletin boards downtown advertising a “community pot garden” in the vacant Walmart building off Glacier Highway.“Former superstore means… Continue reading
JUNEAU — An Alaska whale-watching cruise turned into a rescue mission for an unusual aquatic species — a distressed, swimming deer.The 18-passenger tour vessel from… Continue reading
A Coast Guard Station Juneau boatcrew came to the rescue of a heart attack victim Friday morning, according to an email from the Coast Guard.The… Continue reading
This weekend should bring good weather, but it’ll also bring headaches for drivers.Egan Drive will be closed between the McNugget intersection and Mendenhall Loop Road.… Continue reading
An unknown person jumped into the driver’s side of a car being used to deliver newspapers this morning, stealing the car along with a hundred… Continue reading
Juneau Assembly member Kate Troll will seek re-election in this fall’s municipal election, she announced Friday.As her first term on the Assembly draws to a… Continue reading
The Alaska Legislature has signed an $11.8 million purchase agreement for Anchorage office space, allowing it to move out of a controversial building downtown.The agreement… Continue reading
The Alaska Court of Appeals has thrown out the sentence of a man who threatened to kill the members of a Kasilof community group considering… Continue reading
Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Library. Details: 586-5267. Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. J. Allan MacKinnon. to play a variety of music.Senior Lunch, noon,… Continue reading
In a photograph titled “Extreme Theatre at Perseverance” that ran on A1 on Thursday, the Empire misspelled the surname of one the pirates singing for… Continue reading
