Candles and flowers sit in front of a Lemon Creek trailer in remembrance of Kristina Elizabeth Young on Wednesday. Young's body was found along the North Douglas shoreline on Tuesday.

Police await medical reports to learn more about siblings’ deaths

A small collection of candles and flowers sit outside a Lemon Creek trailer in remembrance of Kristina Elizabeth Young, 36, whose body was found Tuesday… Continue reading

Candles and flowers sit in front of a Lemon Creek trailer in remembrance of Kristina Elizabeth Young on Wednesday. Young's body was found along the North Douglas shoreline on Tuesday.

Officials launch Seward Highway speed limit project

ANCHORAGE — State transportation officials are testing out a new program on Seward Highway aimed at reducing congestion and making it safer for vehicles to… Continue reading

Kenai school board to address transgender policy

This fall, the Kenai Peninsula School District’s Board of Education will address whether to add the terms “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to its policy… Continue reading

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

Sullivan in contact with GOP convention organizers

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan could have a speaking role at next week’s national Republican convention.A spokesman for Alaska’s junior senator on Wednesday said… Continue reading

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday.

House will try to restore PFD, increase deficit

The Alaska House of Representatives has asked the state Senate to join it for a joint session at noon Friday for the purpose of overriding… Continue reading

Downtown Juneau is seen from above in this file photo

A small but significant step toward fixing Juneau’s decades-old housing problem

The Juneau Planning Commission took the first step toward fixing Juneau’s decades-old housing problem at its Tuesday night meeting.With little discussion, the commission voted unanimously… Continue reading

Downtown Juneau is seen from above in this file photo
Some of the results of the poll

Poll: Alaskans hugely support term limits for state legislators

A new survey from Anchorage-based pollster Ivan Moore has found Alaskans strongly in favor of term limits for state legislators.In an email to the Empire,… Continue reading

Some of the results of the poll
Police are actively searching for Kristina Elizabeth Young, 36, who may have been with her brother George Benjamin Young, 40, before his death. Police found her brother in the Mendenhall Wetlands on Sunday and Kristina has not been since then. Another body was found Tuesday evening. Police have not yet released details, but a friend told the Empire it was the body of Kristina Young.

Update: Kristina Elizabeth Young’s body found in North Douglas

Update: At 8:38 p.m. Tuesday, the Juneau Police department confirmed in a press release that the body found in the 6000 block of North Douglas… Continue reading

Police are actively searching for Kristina Elizabeth Young, 36, who may have been with her brother George Benjamin Young, 40, before his death. Police found her brother in the Mendenhall Wetlands on Sunday and Kristina has not been since then. Another body was found Tuesday evening. Police have not yet released details, but a friend told the Empire it was the body of Kristina Young.

PokéStop at the Empire

Attention all Pokémon Go trainers: The Juneau Empire is about to be overrun by Pokémon and we need your help catching them.Starting today, the Empire… 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

Murkowski won’t attend GOP convention with primary looming

JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be traveling in Alaska next week as part of her re-election campaign and won’t be attending the national… Continue reading

Marijuana board holds special meeting

The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will hold a special meeting by telephone on Thursday to address an unclear decision at the board’s meeting last week.… Continue reading

Heroin, cash seized at Kenai home; man, woman arrested

KENAI — A Kenai man is in custody after Alaska State Troopers and Kenai police seized nearly a half-pound of heroin from his home.Trooper said… Continue reading

Corey Cogdell-Unrein, a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in trap shooting, is heading to her third games in Brazil next month.

Eagle River trap shooter ready for Rio

In less than a month, the U.S. Olympic Team will head to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of those competing… Continue reading

Corey Cogdell-Unrein, a 2008 Olympic bronze medalist in trap shooting, is heading to her third games in Brazil next month.

Kenai, East Forelands setnets open for first period

KENAI — A skiff called the Santa Maria, flying a pirate flag, skidded into the Nikiski beach, grating to a heavy halt.The crew efficiently hauled… Continue reading

Opening of Tanana road pushed back due to weather

FAIRBANKS — This summer’s rainy weather has further delayed the opening of a new road to connect a bush community to Alaska’s highway network.Alaska Department… Continue reading

Todd O'Hara works in a Sitka Sound Science Center office July 1. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

UAF prof looks to develop subsistence food safety project

SITKA — Is Sitka interested in finding out about the presence of heavy metals, contaminants and nutrients in some of the subsistence foods we eat?… Continue reading

Todd O'Hara works in a Sitka Sound Science Center office July 1. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)

Harmful algal bloom advisory released

The Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins (SEATT) partnership has been collecting phytoplankton samples throughout southeast Alaska to monitor for plankton species that can produce toxins and… Continue reading

Alaska Legislature turns down free building

Alaska Legislature turns down free building

There’s a saying that you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.Evidently, that doesn’t apply to free buildings.On Tuesday morning, the Legislative Council voted… Continue reading

Alaska Legislature turns down free building
Players chase Pokémon while playing Nintendo's newest phone app, Pokémon Go, in downtown Juneau on Tuesday.

Discovering Pokémon Go in Juneau

I am one of the last people who would ever play Pokémon Go. I haven’t played a video game since the original Nintendo, I don’t… Continue reading

Players chase Pokémon while playing Nintendo's newest phone app, Pokémon Go, in downtown Juneau on Tuesday.