NEW YORK — Farmers, lumberjacks and fishermen have the highest suicide rate in the U.S., while librarians and educators have the lowest, according to a… Continue reading
When it comes to Juneau’s Parks and Recreation dollar, two truths are constantly at odds: everyone has an interest in recreation and nobody wants to… Continue reading
Thursday’s closing argument by a defendant representing himself in a felony trial was everything spectators who filled the room had likely expected — the unexpected.“They… Continue reading
Update: The U.S. Forest Service on Friday announced that the Mendenhall Lake sites are closed due to flooding from the jökulhlaup.Mendenhall Lake Campground, Nugget Falls Trail… Continue reading
As the search for former Juneau law clerk Joseph Balderas continued into its fourth day Thursday, his family and girlfriend were on their way to… Continue reading
The U.S. Forest Service has announced changes to its Tongass Forest Plan, which the agency hopes will alleviate conflicts between the timber industry, recreational users… Continue reading
PHOENIX — Thousands of signatures to get an initiative legalizing marijuana in Arizona on the November ballot were submitted Thursday, likely making the state one… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — A Ketchikan woman died Wednesday night in a one-car crash on the south Tongass Highway.Alaska State Troopers said 43-year-old Verna Edenshaw was behind… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man brutally beat, shot and killed a woman at his home, then loaded her body into a car with help from… Continue reading
On June 30, 1986, a U.S. Bureau of Mines employee died after falling down near Middle Peak, southeast of Juneau, while he and three other… Continue reading
The Alaska Liquefied Natural Gasline Project is at an unexpected crossroads.Consensus among state’s producer partners to continue the $45 billion-plus export plan for North Slope… Continue reading
The first jökulhlaup of the season has begun, and according to a National Weather Service hydrograph, this year’s glacial outburst flood may be bigger than… Continue reading
Wielding his veto pen like a set of spurs, Gov. Bill Walker cut into the state’s budget Wednesday to the tune of about $1.3 billion… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, Alaska’s governor on Wednesday cut in half the annual checks that give all residents a share of the state’s… Continue reading
The Juneau School District is one of 11 education organizations that voluntarily reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Emergency responders in Nome are intensifying the search for a missing hiker.Alaska State Troopers were notified Monday after 36-year-old Joseph Balderas failed to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Three teenagers are being held on suspicion of kidnapping an Eagle River resident during a robbery attempt.Alaska State Troopers said two of the… 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
Kirk Duncan, director of Juneau’s Parks and Recreation Department, will be speaking at today’s Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Duncan, who has worn several different hats… Continue reading
KODIAK — A recently completed study shows that southwest Kodiak’s bear population is on the rise after seeing a significant drop in 2010.The bears were… Continue reading
