Keith Gregory was perfectly content as the Aurora Housing Authority Director in Aurora, Illinois. Then he heard from the Tlingit and Haida Regional Housing Authority… Continue reading
Here is a list of recent court judgments recorded in Juneau District and Superior Courts: • Felicia Marcides Evenson, 28, was sentenced on June 16… Continue reading
The morning after the Alaska Legislature averted a statewide shutdown, you could find more tourists than legislators in the Capitol. Though the Legislature’s second special… Continue reading
Juneau youth ages 8 and up are invited to explore their wild side with a weeklong “Creating your own animal identity” workshop at The Canvas… 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
All three of Juneau’s delegates to the Alaska Legislature voted in favor of the deal to avert the statewide shutdown. Here’s what they had to… Continue reading
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Friday for a 20-year-old man after he did not return from a fish camp near Hydaburg on Thursday afternoon.… Continue reading
Less than a day after the Alaska Legislature reached a budget deal to avert a government shutdown, University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen held a… Continue reading
The Alaska House voted Thursday to restrict the ability of doctors to prescribe opioid painkillers. House Bill 159, proposed by Gov. Bill Walker, is part… Continue reading
Three people walk out of prison. As they pass the barbed wire and through the steel gates, a camera follows their very different paths. One… Continue reading
With nine days to spare, the Alaska Legislature has averted a statewide government shutdown. At 1:04 p.m. Thursday afternoon, a joint House-Senate conference committee approved… Continue reading
Crawfish, “rock vomit” and sea Borgs: the Empire has written recently about a variety of invasive plants and animals around Juneau and in Alaska. In… Continue reading
Those looking to take in the view at Auke Recreation Area on Tuesday morning will have to wait a few hours. Due to hazard tree… 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
After a journey that took three years, 4,500 miles and $250,000, the statue of Secretary William Henry Seward is just days away from being installed… Continue reading
Prior to this spring, the Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) operated its dental clinic in a space that was running out of room for… Continue reading
A suspect nabbed less than an hour after he allegedly broke into a consignment store and stole cash and consigned items was indicted Wednesday on… Continue reading
The University of Alaska was handed an $8 million budget cut by the Legislature’s conference committee Wednesday evening, dropping its state funding to $317 million… Continue reading
Triathletes arriving from as far away as the Lower 48’s east coast will descend on Haines July 15 for the first installment of the Chilkat… Continue reading
Located in the heart of downtown Juneau, Rainy Retreat Bookstore has been run by couple Don and Toni Birdseye. But as of June 15, the… Continue reading
