KODIAK — The Alaska Department of Health and Social Services is set to receive nearly $3 million in federal funding each year to fight opioid… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Congressional efforts to approve the first major energy bill in nearly a decade got a jump-start Thursday as lawmakers convened a long-delayed meeting… Continue reading
KENAI — How would an inspection of a 200-foot tower only accessible via Kenai Lake normally be done?A surveyor could row, row, row a boat,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A Washington state man suspected of bilking more than a dozen Alaskans of a total of $2.7 million was arrested Thursday after being… Continue reading
Between Thursday night and Saturday morning, Juneau is expected to get about four inches of rain, according to the National Weather Service.As moisture from ex-hurricane… Continue reading
During a special meeting Thursday afternoon, Gov. Bill Walker told the Juneau Assembly that he hopes never again to use his veto pen to the… Continue reading
Update: Read the most up-to-date story about how Ryan Harvey was found here.Update: The man reported missing near UAS, Ryan Harvey, has been found.He was… Continue reading
As more than 150 tribes join the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in North Dakota to oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline, about a hundred people in… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The board regulating Alaska’s fledgling legal marijuana industry started a two-day meeting Wednesday during which it was expected to approve licenses for the… Continue reading
BP Exploration Alaska hasn’t, and can’t, market its Prudhoe Bay natural gas, company officials wrote in the revised plan of development for the North Slope… Continue reading
BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota authorities are recruiting law enforcement officers from across the state to guard the site of a protest in anticipation of… Continue reading
KENAI — The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with updating its management plan for the Chugach National Forest on the eastern part of the… Continue reading
A North Dakota judge issued a warrant Wednesday for the arrest of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who is accused of spray-painting construction equipment… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska state environmental officials said a fuel spill from an overturned fuel tank off the Richardson Highway totaled more than 3,500 gallons.The Department… Continue reading
An article in Wednesday’s Juneau Empire about the finalization of election results included an erroneous statement. The article reported that absentee votes from the village… Continue reading
DENVER — A Colorado mine that spewed 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater into rivers in three Western states was designated a Superfund site Wednesday,… 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
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
Two neighbors in Haines have had an ongoing dispute about the actual property line between them. Last week, that dispute escalated to talks of a… Continue reading
Late Friday night, the sound of a concrete saw cutting pavement outside of the Goldbelt Hotel infuriated guests and employees alike. By Saturday night, the… Continue reading
