ANCHORAGE — The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to an August deadline on whether to accept or reject a state plan to clean up heavily… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An active Alaska volcano has erupted again, this time sending a cloud of ash and ice 35,000 feet in the air.The Alaska Volcano… Continue reading
There’s no such thing as safe ice.That’s the harsh reality that visitors venturing out to Mendenhall Lake need to absorb, says Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker is vowing to work with the President-elect Donald Trump to address what Walker sees as an adverse land management… Continue reading
A Juneau grand jury indicted Brandon S. Estes, 23, on Wednesday for allegedly promoting contraband on Oct. 18.According to charging documents filed by Juneau District… 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
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage has reached an agreement with an Alaska Native corporation to settle a dispute over revenue generated by the sale of natural gas… Continue reading
WASILLA — A driver was critically injured in a crash on the Palmer-Wasilla Highway.Alaska State Troopers just before 7 a.m. Wednesday took a report of… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers say a second person found dead in November in a burned vehicle near Soldotna has been positively identified.Troopers say 39-year-old… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Canadian officials say they will take action to prevent polluted water from a decades-old mine from entering the Taku River, a key source… Continue reading
Sometime in the next few weeks, Matthew Sill of PND Engineers expects someone to look into Douglas Harbor and ask a simple question: When can… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A federal plan for the recovery of an endangered Alaska beluga whale calls for a reduction in threats of high concern while scientists… Continue reading
Juneauites have weighed in on what they want the future of Parks and Recreation services in the city to look like, checking the second box… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Scientists say an ash cloud from a remote Alaska volcano that might have gone more than 6 miles into the atmosphere has dissipated… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Maine — The federal government is changing some of the rules about how fishermen harvest tuna in an attempt to protect one of the… Continue reading
Carl Uchytil, port director for the City and Borough of Juneau, will be the featured speaker at this week’s Juneau Chamber of Commerce luncheon.Uchytil, an… Continue reading
KENAI — State environmental officials are investigating the cause of a recent oil spill near the Tesoro Refinery in the Kenai Peninsula Borough.According to a… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Fairbanks police have arrested a third person connected to a shooting that left a man wounded Dec. 13.The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported 20-year-old… Continue reading
FAIRBANK — A man reported missing outside Fairbanks has been found dead.Alaska State Troopers say the body of 23-year-old Ryan Zesiger was found Monday in… Continue reading
Juneau Gastineau Rotary Club meeting, 7 a.m., The Prospector Hotel.Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive,… Continue reading