ANCHORAGE — A tiny village in Alaska’s interior is getting $450,000 in federal funding for repairs to a fire-damaged building housing the water treatment system.The… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A Catholic bishop in Juneau told the House Judiciary Committee that the church reversed a 75-year-old policy of allowing people of other faiths… Continue reading
Speaking to the Juneau Chamber of Commerce, Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott recalled a time when he was homesick.Attending college in Washington state, he couldn’t exactly… Continue reading
A proposed Alaska Constitutional amendment that failed to pass the 28th Alaska Legislature by accident is advancing toward a final vote in the 29th Legislature.Senate… Continue reading
For approximately two and a half hours Thursday, Juneau students were able to take their standardized exams. Then a familiar error screen appeared.“They were getting… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Oil and gas tax credits are setting up to be a major debate as the Alaska Legislature enters what are supposed to be… Continue reading
The Alaska House postponed consideration of a foster care reform bill on Thursday morning but still found time for a little yoga.House Bill 305, by… Continue reading
Water damage remains on the second-floor ceiling of the Department of Environmental Conservation building on Willoughby Avenue. An estimated 550 gallons of water flooded the… Continue reading
JUNEAU — A House Judiciary committee will hear testimony Wednesday afternoon on a bill that protects religious officials and others who refuse to perform same… 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
JUNEAU — State officials are proposing a program to address high-cost health insurance claims in hopes of stabilizing rising rates on the individual policy market.Just… Continue reading
Starting Friday, the city’s Solid Waste Division will be footing the $150 disposal fee for residents who want to scrap their junked vehicles at Skookum… Continue reading
Alaska state lawmakers and their staffs line up for the annual legislative group picture in front of the Capitol on Wednesday. … Continue reading
KENAI — Residents from Alaska and California have been arrested in Soldotna on drug and firearm charges after being connected to a stolen boat from… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks students were caught in an avalanche near Summit Lake during a mountaineering class trip and some… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A remote Alaska volcano rumbled and sputtered Wednesday but was no longer spewing the massive ash clouds that disrupted airline traffic earlier in… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Three first-graders in Alaska’s largest city plotted to kill a fellow student with silica gel packets that the girls believed was poison and… Continue reading
The calendar in today’s Capital City Weekly lists the Juneau Student Symphony’s “Spring is in the Air” concerts as happening April 3 and 4. While… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Storytime, 11 a.m., Douglas… Continue reading
Due to mild weather, the city will open Montana Creek Road ahead of schedule this season.The road in the Mendenhall Valley sits just beyond the… Continue reading
