LANSING, Mich. — Only a year ago, Rick Snyder began his second term as Michigan governor promoting the same achievements that had propelled him to… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 34-year-old Anchorage driver has been charged with manslaughter in the weekend death of pedestrian on a busy city street.Anchorage police say Lance… Continue reading
The state’s budget crisis isn’t a laughing matter, but a new group is trying to inject a little humor into the issue. For Our Alaska,… Continue reading
A delegation from Mongolia is coming to Juneau this week to share how their country responds to domestic violence and sexual assault and to learn… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Most residents of a western Alaska village have been without power since Saturday after a generator broke down.Anchorage television station KTUU reported the… Continue reading
Introduction to Microsoft Excel, 9-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. Learn to use Excel to organize and calculate data in the workplace. Free.… Continue reading
The DEC’s Food Safety and Sanitation Program confirmed the Alaska distribution of the recently recalled single lot of Uncle Buck’s Fish Batter Mix by BlendTech… 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
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran successfully transferred some of the billions of dollars’ worth of frozen overseas assets following the implementation of the nuclear deal with… Continue reading
TOKYO — The world’s oldest man, a Japanese, died Tuesday at the age of 112 after suffering chronic heart problems, officials said.Yasutaro Koide had said… Continue reading
IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTHWEST COLOMBIA — The rebel leader known as Juan Pablo carries with him a new telescopic assault rifle and a heavy… Continue reading
WHITEFIELD, New Hampshire — Ted Cruz says he is the first true conservative running for president since Ronald Reagan — and that will carry him… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court stepped into a boiling political dispute over immigration Tuesday, setting up a likely decision in the middle of a presidential… Continue reading
BURNS, Ore. (AP) — The armed activists occupying a national wildlife refuge in southeastern Oregon clashed with environmentalists Saturday as a standoff stretched into a… Continue reading
INDIANAPOLIS — Animal health officials investigating a bird flu outbreak in southwest Indiana have ordered 156,000 chickens at one of 10 affected commercial poultry farms… Continue reading
CHICAGO (AP) — Fewer than 1 in 4 high school students who’ve had sex have ever been tested for HIV, a troubling low rate that… Continue reading
Budget constraints might mean all but two of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District’s 44 schools will have more students and fewer teachers in the… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Two Fairbanks brothers have been accused of illegally cutting wood on state land and then trying to sell it on Craigslist.Forty-five-year-old Arthur Edward… Continue reading
AMES, Iowa - Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump received a key endorsement Tuesday from conservative heavyweight Sarah Palin, giving the billionaire businessman a potential boost… Continue reading
HONOLULU — Authorities searching the area where two Marine helicopters crashed off Hawaii have found some life rafts that were carried aboard the aircraft, but… Continue reading
