From afar, the kids hanging out after class on the second floor of the Juneau Community Charter School are just playing with Lego pieces —… Continue reading
Permits to visit one of the most popular bear-viewing spots in Southeast Alaska will be available on Monday, the U.S. Forest Service has announced.Anan Wildlife… Continue reading
VIENNA (AP) — France has asked the European Union to consider new sanctions against Iran over recent missile tests, in a request made shortly after… Continue reading
RIO DE JANEIRO — New figures released Wednesday by Brazil’s Health Ministry as part of a probe into the Zika virus have found fewer cases… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker said he wants the state and the North Slope’s major producers to reach agreement on key contracts and issues related… Continue reading
Nearly all residents evacuated from the Lilac Lane area after Sunday’s earthquake have returned home.The 7.1 magnitude tremor caused two gas explosions that burnt four… 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
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9 a.m.-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Storytime, 11 a.m.,… Continue reading
Juneau Port Director Carl Uchytil will give this week’s lunch lecture to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. Uchytil is scheduled to speak about the Auke… Continue reading
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — LeBron James disdains the notion he’s a coach killer.Widely criticized in basketball circles for a perception that he pushed for Cleveland’s front… Continue reading
PITTSBURGH — In the middle of chaos, the puck allowed Sidney Crosby a rare moment of clarity.There it was, on his stick as the Pittsburgh… Continue reading
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Safety Shiloh Keo made a bad first impression when he joined Denver’s dominant defense. He’s more than made up for it with… Continue reading
MELBOURNE, Australia — In keeping with the way this Australian Open has been going, Andy Murray was asked following a quarterfinal win Wednesday about the… Continue reading
FLINT, Mich. — Flint residents coping with lead contamination will be cleared to drink unfiltered water again only when outside experts determine it is safe,… Continue reading
BURNS, Ore. — A day after the leaders of an armed anti-government group were arrested, authorities on Wednesday urged a handful of activists remaining at… Continue reading
DES MOINES, Iowa — An explosive feud between Donald Trump and Fox News is overshadowing the final sprint to Iowa’s presidential caucuses, injecting a new… Continue reading
“Oftentimes, we say certain bills or resolutions aren’t life or death, but in this case, it is life or death.”So began Sen. Johnny Ellis, D-Anchorage,… Continue reading
North Franklin Street is now open after the contractors in charge of the Gastineau Apartments demolition took down the first building four days ahead of… Continue reading
Eaglecrest Ski Area is closed today so that staff can start to repair the slopes, which have suffered due to the “warm and wet weather”… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Two teenagers including a 15-year-old were arrested on suspicion of robbery after a pursuit Tuesday night from Fairbanks to North Pole.Alaska State Troopers… Continue reading
