JUNEAU — A House fisheries committee advanced a rewrite of Gov. Bill Walker’s fisheries tax bill on Tuesday, diverting half of the potential revenue into… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Fishermen harvested nearly 533,000 salmon in Cook Inlet personal-use fisheries last year and the Kasilof River saw its highest sockeye salmon harvest to… Continue reading
A 30-year-old Juneau man, Patrick Venner, was found dead Sunday on a boat in ANB Harbor in Sitka, Sitka police said.Police said a drug overdose… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers have arrested a driver suspected of crashing his car into a light pole and knocking out power to 400 customers… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska House has rejected Senate changes to a marijuana bill and voted to have House and Senate negotiators work on a compromise.The… Continue reading
Introduction to Using Computers, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Free. Details: 586-5718.Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., Salmon Creek Dam Trail.… 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
Folk Fest Juneau 2016Wednesday, April 6Radio Flyer, 7 p.m. A 5th grade blue grass band from Gastineau Elementary.Friday at Foster’s, 7:15 p.m.Joe Emerson and friends,… Continue reading
If you notice a decrease in the water level at Twin Lakes — despite this week’s drizzly weather — it’s because the City and Borough… Continue reading
The 11th Annual Heart of Hospice Run is happening on Saturday morning at Twin Lakes.Participants can either walk one mile or run five kilometers to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 28-year-old man has been charged in a shooting that left a Matanuska-Susitna Borough man injured.Charles Ganoe of Anchorage is charged with attempted… Continue reading
MIAMI — Golden State, take note. Putting together a historic regular-season is only half the battle for teams trying to etch out a spot in… Continue reading
HOUSTON — Some plays you can’t draw up. Other plays you can.The double-clutch 3-pointer North Carolina’s Marcus Paige made came right off a playground. It… Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL has picked Twitter to stream its Thursday night games.When the league negotiated its latest deal for the Thursday package,… Continue reading
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The last time Vaughn Taylor was at Augusta National he needed a ticket to get through the gates.With his career in shambles,… Continue reading
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Iceland’s embattled prime minister has resigned amid a controversy over his offshore holdings, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday as outrage over the… Continue reading
ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of people being held in migrant detention camps with the prospect of deportation to Turkey have applied for asylum, Greek authorities… Continue reading
KABUL, Afghanistan — One of Afghanistan’s proudest achievements has been getting millions of children, especially girls, back into school since the toppling of the Taliban.… Continue reading
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi’s governor signed a law on Tuesday that allows public and private businesses to refuse service to gay couples based on the… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump would try to force Mexico to pay for a border wall by targeting billions of dollars in remittances sent by immigrants… Continue reading
