Award-winning Tlingit artist and musician Archie Cavanaugh died last week at the age of 67, leaving a long legacy of ambitious and meaningful art and… Continue reading
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The body of an older white man was found floating in the waters of the Pacific Ocean near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, according… Continue reading
Island Air Express, an airline company based in Southeast Alaska, is now offering year-round nonstop service between Juneau, Ketchikan and Petersburg, it announced Friday. This… Continue reading
It’s a summer tradition for many in Alaska: pack up the car, drive to Chitina and dipnet for Copper River red salmon.
Salmon play an important role in everyday life in Juneau, and the Goldbelt Heritage Foundation is hosting events this weekend to give people a closer… Continue reading
The city’s new municipal attorney search is officially open. The City and Borough Assembly met Thursday afternoon and decided that the search for a new… Continue reading
Two guns were among the items stolen from a Valley home sometime in late May or early June.
The Alaska Board of Fisheries has turned down a proposal to halt sport fishing for all salmon species in the Situk River drainage near Yakutat.
The City and Borough of Juneau Assembly is holding a special meeting to discuss the hiring process for a replacement city municipal attorney at Assembly… Continue reading
Morgan Johnson stood next to a small red flag behind the University of Alaska Southeast’s freshman dormitory on Friday. The UAS senior pointed out the… Continue reading
Following the Douglas Fourth of July Parade on Wednesday, 7-year-old Alex Weiss leaned his award-winning bike against a fence near the Montessori School. Weiss had… Continue reading
After pleading guilty this April to criminally negligent homicide, Juneau resident David Valentine Evenson will serve a sentence of three years in prison. Juneau Superior… Continue reading
Drivers out the road might encounter a somewhat new sight on Thursdays this month: A small armada of commercial seine boats, fishing in close proximity,… Continue reading
The Midnight Suns 12U baseball team didn’t back down to anyone at the Cooperstown Dreams Park tournament. After winning four of their first seven games… Continue reading
A former Empire reporter recently won an Emmy Award for her production company’s work on an Alaska historical documentary. Debbie Reinwand, a 1977 graduate of… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
On a recent hike up a mountain on Douglas Island, I noticed a large rock rising from the alpine tundra. My dog Fen ran towards… Continue reading
