On Dec. 9, 1986, the finance committee of the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly reviewed a sales tax ordinance that had already been talked… Continue reading
Mark Mitchell, left, and Spencer Davis, of North Pacific Erectors, align some of the last planks to be laid on the newest Sea Walk near… Continue reading
KODIAK — Kodiak and military officials are meeting to help assuage community concerns about military exercises in the Gulf of Alaska.The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE —Alaska State Troopers are trying to identify a person found dead in a truck that burned in a ditch along the Steese Highway.Troopers shortly… Continue reading
The head of the state agency that regulates the alcohol and marijuana industries is quitting.On Wednesday, Cynthia Franklin wrote in a letter to the members… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Former Republican state Rep. Mike Kelly of Fairbanks was killed Wednesday in a plane crash in Alaska’s interior, his wife has confirmed.Cherie Kelly… Continue reading
BISMARCK, N.D. — For protesters fighting the Dakota Access pipeline, the messages from the Standing Rock Sioux reservation are confusing: The tribal chairman tells demonstrators… Continue reading
OAKLAND, Calif. — Federal officials investigating a fire that killed 36 people during a party at an Oakland warehouse plan to bring in engineers to… Continue reading
BY MIKE STOBBENEW YORK — A decades-long trend of rising life expectancy in the U.S. could be ending: It declined last year and it is… Continue reading
Former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn has died in Ohio. He was 95.Glenn became a national hero in 1962 when he became the first… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A small plane that’s missing in Alaska with four people on board was rented by a pilot described as a man who makes… Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Alaska Airlines has removed its last major hurdle to buying Virgin America.Alaska said Wednesday it agreed to settle a private antitrust lawsuit… 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
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
On Dec. 8, 1986, the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved a controversial plan proposed by UA President Donald O’Dowd to restructure the campuses,… Continue reading
A pedestrian crosses Glacier Avenue as a city vehicle moves snow on Wednesday.… Continue reading
Charlie Gallant, right, empties garbage containers with Brian Felipe for Pacific Waste on South Franklin Street on Wednesday. Gallant said, “Last week I saw a… Continue reading
A fire at a duplex in the Mendenhall Valley had Capital City Fire/Rescue working late into the night on Tuesday to put out the blaze.… Continue reading
Tracy’s King Crab Shack has a new location — about 100 feet down South Franklin Street from where it used to be located.The crab shack… Continue reading
When Kerry and Richard Tucker’s son Michael passed away in April, like many grieving parents they were despondent: Richard found it hard taking direction at… Continue reading
