BETHEL — Bethel officials are withdrawing their protests to two liquor license applications, reversing a decision last week to keep the protests in place.The Bethel… Continue reading
A storm blowing in from the Gulf of Alaska knocked a tree into power lines at Mile 19 of the Glacier Highway on Friday morning,… Continue reading
JERUSALEM — Security camera footage of a deadly Israeli arrest raid in a West Bank hospital on Thursday gave a rare glimpse into the murky… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — An Army captain who shoved a suicide bomber to the ground and away from his security detail became the nation’s newest Medal of… Continue reading
BOSTON — It’s not always the slurs and the other out-and-out acts of racism. It’s the casual, everyday slights and insensitivities.Sheryce Holloway is tired of… Continue reading
SALT LAKE CITY — New Mormon church rules targeting gay members and their children have triggered a firestorm of backlash from church members of all… Continue reading
China’s economic troubles have dropped on the doorstep of a sun-weathered house at 18 Edgar St. in Port Hedland on Australia’s northwest coast.Four years ago,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A woman told police an abductor raped her up to six times a day while she was held captive over a five-week period… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The Alaska Gasline Development Corp. will reassess the role of a South Carolina-based consultant as his contract nears an end, a spokesman said… Continue reading
Putting food on the… lunch table?: Thunder Mountain High School senior Sara Wood is trying to figure out if she can afford groceries for children… Continue reading
Even after listening to a generally optimistic presentation about the city’s economic outlook, the majority of the 40-some people at the Juneau Chamber of Commerce… Continue reading
A proposed undersea communications cable from Juneau to Skagway and Haines has met an unexpected obstacle: A park.Laying of the Lynn Canal Fiber link was… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — Marilyn Monroe liked the champagne: “It arrived, I drank it, and I was gayer,” she wrote to the German consulate general.Clyde… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Alaska is facing multibillion-dollar deficits amid chronically low oil prices and relying on savings to help balance the budget.That’s not sustainable, and is… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker announced last week that Franci Havemeister will leave her role as director of the Alaska Division of Agriculture on Dec. 4.The Palmer… Continue reading
The Alaska Historical Society is making up to $1,000 available for projects studying the history of Alaska’s seafood canneries.The project is part of the Alaska… Continue reading
Three Juneau Police Department officers will graduate from the Alaska Public Safety Training Academy in Sitka today.The three are part of a class of 17,… Continue reading
GED orientation class, 9 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. GED orientation is designed to improve the success rate of those taking the tests.… Continue reading
The Affordable Care Act Health Insurance Marketplace’s open enrollment will be from Nov. 1, 2015, to Jan. 31, 2016. Both SEARHC and the Internal Revenue… 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
