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 (AP) — The head of the U.S. Geological Survey assured U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Thursday that the identification and assessment of minerals… Continue reading
The U.S. Coast Guard, Sitka Police Department and Sitka Fire Department are searching for a missing 40-year-old man who went missing in Sitka on Thursday.The… Continue reading
A bill eliminating Daylight Saving Time in Alaska is advancing in the Alaska Legislature after receiving its first hearing since last year.On Thursday morning, the… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Officials who shaped marijuana policy in the Ketchikan Gateway Borough last year are meeting again to tackle issues relating to the transportation of… Continue reading
BEIRUT (AP) — In a brazen assault near the Syrian capital, Islamic State militants abducted 300 cement workers and contractors from their workplace northeast of… Continue reading
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — President Vladimir Putin on Thursday denied having any links to offshore accounts and described the Panama Papers document leaks scandal as… Continue reading
BOSTON — Dozens of text messages that a teenage girl sent to her boyfriend that encouraged him to kill himself were just words and do… Continue reading
HARTFORD, Conn. — As the U.S. Air Force prepared to roll out a new sexual assault prevention strategy, it sent a delegation to Connecticut College,… Continue reading
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forget blowup air mattresses. Space station astronauts are getting their first inflatable room.It’s a technology demo meant to pave the way… Continue reading
NEW YORK — With accusations of lying, hustling for money and failed leadership, the race for the Democratic nomination took a decidedly negative turn, with… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The standard line in Bernie Sanders’ campaign speeches goes like this: “Despite what the corporate media is telling you, there is a path… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — For Americans of nearly every race, gender, political persuasion and location, disdain for Donald Trump runs deep, saddling the Republican front-runner with unprecedented… Continue reading
CHICAGO — President Barack Obama accused Senate Republicans on Thursday of jeopardizing the “integrity of the judicial branch” by refusing to consider his “extraordinary” nominee… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Most computer simulations of climate change are underestimating by at least one degree how warm the world will get this century, a new… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has approved a bill permitting Alaskans to carry weapons concealed on the campuses of the University of Alaska system.The decision was 13-5,… Continue reading
The latest version of a bill cutting the state’s subsidies to oil and gas drillers is about 40 percent of what was first proposed by… Continue reading
Cherry blossoms decorate the stairway between Calhoun and Willoughby Avenues on Wednesday.… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Two Wasilla Republicans are working to limit special interest groups like Planned Parenthood from teaching in Alaska’s public schools.Rep. Lynn Gattis introduced her… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate has voted unanimously to join a conference committee intended to create a compromise state budget for the coming fiscal year.The Senate and… Continue reading
