ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of a woman after she reportedly was injured while butchering moose meat.Troopers said 60-year-old Vicky Mable… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Authorities said rescuers did not find any survivors after a small plane carrying three people crashed in a remote area of western Alaska.Alaska… Continue reading
WASILLA — Authorities in Alaska suspect a 74-year-old woman was killed by a moose.Alaska State Troopers said the body of Pattie Cucinello was found Sunday… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The two sides in a lawsuit challenging Gov. Bill Walker’s cut to the dividend that Alaskans receive from the state’s oil wealth nest-egg… Continue reading
AKIACHAK — A 76-year-old woman died over the weekend of injuries suffered when she was struck by a four-wheeler in her southwest Alaska village.Alaska State… Continue reading
A U.S. District Court judge has denied the City and Borough of Juneau’s request to dismiss the complaint Cruise Lines International Association Alaska filed in… 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
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 — A leadership dispute is expected to be continued at a conference of the Association of Village Council Presidents kicking off in Bethel on… Continue reading
The polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for this year’s municipal election.Three Assembly seats and two School Board seats are… Continue reading
A new state report recommends against dredging to clean up metal-soaked sediment in a body of water near Greens Creek mine.Last week, the Alaska Department… Continue reading
Students from two Juneau schools are mourning the loss of a music instructor this week after he died from a reported heart attack Saturday.In an… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Yes, you could call it free money.But that doesn’t mean all Alaskans are happy about the $1,022 dividend checks nearly every resident will… Continue reading
WASILLA — A woman looking to start a marijuana business plans to challenge the Matanuska-Susitna Borough over claims that a ballot measure prohibiting pot sales… Continue reading
CorrectionA Monday story incorrectly identified the people on advertising material for the Femme Fatale drag show fundraiser. They should have been identified as “Marty Weiner,”… Continue reading
Alaska’s capital city has had a full year without a cold month.According to figures from the National Weather Service in Juneau, September temperatures averaged 51.2… Continue reading
Despite a hot start, the Alaska wildfire season finished well below normal, according to new figures from the Alaska Interagency Coordination Center.Slightly over half a… Continue reading
Alaska lawmakers took a skeptical look Thursday at a plan by the administration of Gov. Bill Walker to nibble at Alaska’s pension debt.One week ago,… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — Schoenbar Middle School is becoming Ketchikan’s sea cucumber central.Middle schoolers have long helped their science teachers gut, clean and cook the ocean critters… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A growing consumer demand for Alaska cruises has put the state back in the million-passenger club as it rebounds after a leaner stretch.… Continue reading
