Expect delays of up to 45 minutes on Thane Road today between noon and 4 p.m. as avalanche hazard reduction work is performed, said the… Continue reading
The Klondike Highway remained closed Thursday between Skagway and Whitehorse after severe weather prevented Canadian helicopter crews from blasting avalanches along the route.“I’m being told… Continue reading
Thunder Mountain High School Dance Team members Myrica Wildes and Jayce Wendling rang in the New Year nine hours ahead of everyone back home in… Continue reading
Dads N’ Kiddos play group, 9-11 a.m., Northern Lights Church. For dads and their babies up to 3 years old. Details: Jim, 796-8463.Overeaters Anonymous meeting,… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute and the Alaska State Library Historical Collections will sponsor a lecture next week on a well-known anthropologist who did field work in… Continue reading
This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading
Individuals willing to serve on the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly are requested to submit a declaration of candidacy form accompanied by a letter… Continue reading
Wilson L. Condon, a former Alaska attorney general and Department of Revenue commissioner, died Sunday, Dec. 27, at the Anchorage Pioneer Home. He was 76.… Continue reading
A ballot measure to ban setnet fishing in Juneau and Cook Inlet violates the Alaska Constitution and will not appear before voters next year, the… Continue reading
It was a grim year for Juneau.The list of the Empire’s top 10 stories of the year includes the death of the capital city’s just-elected… Continue reading
Ringing in the New Year for senior citizens in Juneau might mean ringing up a few items separately at grocery stores.Starting today, an ordinance passed… Continue reading
BALTIMORE — Clifton Gerald has seven bullets in his body. His kneecap, destroyed by a gunshot wound, is plastic and he’s lost feeling in his… Continue reading
On a New Year’s Eve haunted by fears of terrorism, a spectacular fire in one of Dubai’s tall towers captured the world’s attention. With few… Continue reading
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A 63-story luxury hotel was engulfed in flames even as a massive New Year’s fireworks display kicked off at the… Continue reading
Asked to sum up 2015 in two words, and to do the same for their expectations for the coming year, people around the world have… Continue reading
JERUSALEM — Israel has refused to include a novel about a love affair between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man in the country’s high… Continue reading
Juneauites will know today whether 2015 will be a record-breaking wet year.Entering the last day of the year, the capital city has seen 84.76 inches… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Authorities declined to comment Wednesday on any possible connection between a deadly plane crash in downtown Anchorage and the fact that the pilot’s… Continue reading
Things are still sweet for Sweetheart Lake.Federal, state and local agencies have thus far found only minor problems with a proposal to dam Sweetheart Creek… Continue reading
JUNEAU — About 7,700 people have enrolled in an expanded Medicaid program launched by the state on Sept. 1 to cover more lower-income Alaskans, a… Continue reading
