News
Familiar face becomes APFC pope
Angela Rodell will be the next executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation. Analogous to Alaska’s pope,…
News
Bodies of 2 more men identified in 1952 plane crash
ANCHORAGE — The remains of two more U.S. service members who died in a plane crash outside Anchorage…
News
Trio of suicides leaves Alaska village in grief
ANCHORAGE — An entire village on Alaska’s western coast is grieving the back-to-back suicides of three young adults…
News
Biologists track unusual fish sightings on Alaska’s coast
ANCHORAGE — Biologists say unusual fish are appearing near Alaska’s shores, likely because of warmer ocean temperatures caused…
News
Correction
A story in the Wednesday, Oct. 7 edition of the Juneau Empire incorrectly stated the length of a…
News
Walker makes pitch for opening ANWR to Obama administration
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has lobbied members of President Barack Obama’s administration on opening up parts of…
News
1 dead in small plane crash near Alaska high school
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a small plane crashed and caught on fire Thursday near an Alaska…
News
No ferry reservations on Sunday
The Alaska Marine Highway is closing its website and reservations system from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday…
News
Young not in running for Speaker of the House
As the U.S. House of Representatives scrambles to find its next Speaker, there are few certainties. One of…
News
Permanent Fund to pick director today
The Alaska Permanent Fund Board of Trustees will meet for a special meeting at 10 a.m. today in…
News
Bethel residents support liquor store, advisory vote finds
BETHEL — Unofficial election results from a non-binding advisory vote in Bethel show that most residents would support…
News
Alaska VA launches pilot program to schedule appointments
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Veterans Affairs Healthcare System has launched a pilot program to revert the process of…
News
Anchorage teen among poets honored by first lady
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama honored a new class of National Student Poets for their bravery to be vulnerable…
News
Board considers candidates for Permanent Fund ‘pope’
Vast indirect power. An apolitical position. Immense public support. A venerable institution designed to last. The director of…
News
UAA launches Alaska’s first pharmacy program
ANCHORAGE — The University of Alaska Anchorage is launching the state’s first entirely local pharmacy program in partnership…
News
Former Fairbanks tutor convicted of sexual abuse of minor
FAIRBANKS — A former Fairbanks public school tutor has been found guilty of forcing a boy to have…
News
Split decision in water reservation case
JUNEAU — A state agency delivered a split decision Wednesday for conservationists seeking to protect fish from the…
News
Anchorage library loans out skulls, furs
ANCHORAGE — Need to borrow a polar bear fur? Or a walrus skull complete with tusks? Or how…
News
Feds say first humpback whales of season spotted in Hawaii
HONOLULU — Humpback whales were spotted in the waters off Hawaii for the first time this season, leading…
News
Alaska hired consultants ahead of Obama visit
JUNEAU — Gov. Bill Walker’s administration spent $50,000 on consultants to help prepare for a visit by President…