Although traditionally a day set aside to thank veterans for their service, this Veterans Day one individual gave them something more — a mission.A program… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is forecasting a 2016 pink salmon run about the same size as the one that greeted fishermen this… Continue reading
The future look of Juneau may well be shaped by two plans that were presented to the city Planning Commission on Tuesday.The commission reviewed the… Continue reading
KODIAK — A Kodiak nonprofit is working to gather support for a new project that would replace the city’s life-size fiberglass statue of a Kodiak… Continue reading
One of two totem poles in front of the Gajaa Hit building in the Willoughby District is seen in front of a snow-covered Mount Juneau… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Open lab computer training, 9 a.m.-11 a.m, The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way.Tai Chi class, 10… Continue reading
The Upper Lynn Canal Fish and Game Advisory Committee will meet Nov. 20 to discuss a proposal to build artifical log jams in rivers along… 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
WASHINGTON — Immediately after the U.S. killed at least 30 people in a devastating airstrike on a charity hospital, Afghanistan’s national security adviser told a… Continue reading
KABUL, Afghanistan — Anger and frustration over the brutal killings of seven members of Afghanistan’s minority Hazaras spilled into the streets of Kabul on Wednesday,… Continue reading
SIAK, Indonesia — Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol.Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses… Continue reading
Ninety-seven years ago, an armistice ended World War I, which was then the greatest conflict the world had ever seen. Armistice Day became Veterans Day… Continue reading
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A white college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was charged… Continue reading
Young women are living with their parents or relatives at a rate not seen since 1940 as more millennial women put off marriage, attend college… Continue reading
BEIRUT — The international community is mounting its most serious effort yet to end the nearly 5-year-old Syrian war, rallying around a second round of… Continue reading
DAMASCUS, Syria — A Russian proposal to end Syria’s conflict that would include early presidential elections faced opposition from both sides on Wednesday, as deep… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — As proof that he can successfully and humanely deport the estimated 11 million people living in the country illegally, Republican presidential contender Donald… Continue reading
ELIZABETH, N.J. — An explosion in northern New Jersey that leveled a duplex “like a pancake” Wednesday and knocked a next-door neighbor out of bed… Continue reading
The city will proceed with the demolition of the Gastineau Apartments. On Monday night, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly declined a proposal that… Continue reading
Alaska Airlines ranks No. 1 in fuel efficiency among U.S. Airlines, according to a report issued by the Washington D.C. think tank, the International Council… Continue reading
