The Alaska Marine Highway System, running short of operating cash, is proceeding with plans to lay up the fast ferry Chenega in Seattle.On Friday, the… Continue reading
KENAI — A report from the Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District shows that the maritime industry is the peninsula’s largest employer with about 3,400 residents… Continue reading
BETHEL — The Bethel Police Department is expecting its newly upgraded 911 system to bolster officers’ response to emergency calls.The new system allows dispatchers to… Continue reading
The Federal Communications Commission has fined GCI $2.4 million for failing to provide reliable 911 service in portions of Alaska.According to an email from FCC… Continue reading
On July 7, 1986, the Juneau Empire recapped the many celebratory Independence Day events in the newspaper. Juneau and Douglas residents had their picture taken… 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.Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive,… Continue reading
The Alaska State Museum and the Juneau-Douglas City Museum are hosting special events in the coming week.At 5 p.m. Thursday, the state museum will host… Continue reading
The Juneau School District could be in a $450,000 budget hole this fiscal year if the governor’s vetoes stick, but school officials are not worrying… Continue reading
It’s been less than three months since University of Alaska Southeast assistant professor Forest Wagner was mauled by a bear, and he’s already back to… Continue reading
Two boys were struck and injured by a vehicle that crashed near the intersection of Mendenhall Loop Road and Tongass Boulevard on Wednesday.The older boy… Continue reading
Alaska’s capital city has just finished its ninth consecutive month of warmer-than-normal temperatures and is on pace for its warmest year on record, according to… Continue reading
Anchorage’s Providence Alaska Medical Center has become the first hospital in the state to demonstrate it can take care of a patient infected with the… Continue reading
The Juneau Chamber of Commerce will host City and Borough of Juneau Assemblyman Jesse Kiehl for a lunch lecture on the status of local marijuana… Continue reading
The volunteer group looking for former Juneau resident Joseph Balderas has ended large-scale searches and is no longer asking for donations.Balderas, 36, was reported missing… Continue reading
Alaska Dispatch News owner Alice Rogoff survived a floatplane crash Sunday in Halibut Cove on the Kenai Peninsula. Rogoff, who was piloting the plane when… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — It’s a food fight in Congress over genetically modified foods.The Senate is moving ahead on bipartisan legislation that would for the first time… Continue reading
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
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police arrested a man after a gunbattle between vehicles left two people wounded, marking the second shooting in the Mountain View neighborhood… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A woman in Alaska is recovering after being bitten by a brown bear while she was hiking on a trail with her two… Continue reading