Four days after narrowly approving a budget amendment that boosts the Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend, the Alaska House of Representatives remains without the votes to… Continue reading
It’s not time yet for king salmon fishermen to dust off the downriggers and sharpen the hooks. According to Alaska Department of Fish and Game… Continue reading
On Wednesday afternoon, cracks spread across one of the front windows of Duck Creek Market. Bricks below the window were missing, cracked and dented. The… Continue reading
This week’s snowstorm brought almost a month’s worth of snow to Juneau, according to measurements taken at Juneau International Airport, the city’s official measuring station.… Continue reading
A recent backup at Juneau’s only pet cremation service has shed light on the fact that pet owners’ options are fairly limited once their pet… Continue reading
Juneau’s school district budget will start the 2019 school year with $3.5 million less than last year after the Board of Education approved the Fiscal… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
With an eye on fighting the opioid epidemic on a local level, Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (CCTHITA) has formed… Continue reading
Almost everyone in the room had their hand up. Hope Finkelstein from the state’s Office of Substance Misuse and Addiction Prevention (OSMAP) had asked a… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate is urging the federal government to work with the State of Alaska to control the population of sea otters in Southeast Alaska.… Continue reading
A bill is advancing in the Alaska Senate that has the potential to overwrite a ballot initiative planned for this fall’s election. On Tuesday evening,… Continue reading
It started in a church basement in 1977. Now, at 40 years old, the 300-employee REACH has offices in three Southeast communities, serving 400 individuals… Continue reading
If you think a deal you got on a gun or gold recently in Juneau was too good to be true, you might be right.… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker averted an impending shutdown of the Alaska Marine Highway System and the state’s Medicaid health insurance program on Tuesday by signing a… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
Correction: The first version of this article incorrectly stated that one of the four pillars of the coalition Alaska House Majority’s plan to balance the… Continue reading
The University of Alaska Southeast’s new Alaska College of Education (AKCOE) has its executive dean. University of Alaska leaders selected Dr. Steve Atwater for the… Continue reading
KENAI — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has announced that several wild sheep and goats tested positive for a pathogen that has caused… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Dick Wilmarth, who won the initial Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race nearly a half century ago, has died. He was 75. Wilmarth died… Continue reading
The joke has always been that Alaska is so wealthy, it pays its residents to live here. But those yearly checks have gotten smaller, and… Continue reading
