ANCHORAGE — A bear mauled a man out with his dogs before dawn Thursday on a runway of the small airport in the southern Alaska… Continue reading
The Mental Health Consumer Action Network, a new nonprofit devoted to lobbying on behalf of the mentally ill, will begin a door-to-door drive Friday.Executive director… Continue reading
The Juneau Police Department wants everyone to have a safe Halloween weekend.JPD asks that those driving to and from weekend parties not drink alcohol, to… Continue reading
At Thursday’s Juneau Chamber of Commerce Luncheon, Brian Holst took two polls.They said quite a bit about what the capital city is expecting from the… Continue reading
Look around Juneau and the signs of the times are easy to see: They say “Trump.”Whether decorated or defaced, these signs and the people behind… Continue reading
Juneau and South Sudan don’t hold much in common.More than 8,000 miles and vast cultural and political differences separate the two. The residents of South… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has proclaimed November Avalanche Awareness Education Month.Alaska ranks number one in the nation for avalanche deaths per capita. Six lives were lost… Continue reading
KENAI — If any fish population in Upper Cook Inlet could be considered in trouble, Shell Lake’s sockeye could.The lake in the Matanuska-Susitna region, located… Continue reading
KENAI — Juniper Lanmon-Freeman cried the first time she attended the birth of a child. A licensed midwife, Lanmon-Freeman now delivers two to three babies… Continue reading
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly will keep its invocation policy for now.The assembly passed a policy at its Oct. 11 meeting outlining who can give… Continue reading
KENAI — Teachers and support staff in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District have voted to ratify a tentative agreement on their contracts.The Kenai Peninsula… Continue reading
A Monday story gave the wrong first name of a school board candidate elected in Yakutat. It is Casey Mapes, not Cindy Mapes.The Empire regrets… 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
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
On Oct. 27, 1986, the City and Borough of Juneau Assembly planned to review a sales tax proposal that was rejected by Juneau voters during… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Responders have collected an estimated 350 gallons of mixed fuel oil and water from a spill that occurred when a fuel trailer overturned… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The state-run tunnel taking vehicle and train traffic to and from the port town of Whittier has been closed for rock-stabilization work after… Continue reading
During the 26 years that Bob Vos has worked with Capital Transit he has seen about two dozen new buses join the fleet. He’s been… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has named a local attorney to replace Judge Keith Levy on the Juneau District Court bench. Kirsten Swanson was named Tuesday in… Continue reading
Juneau is now the No. 41 fishing port in the United States, according to a new report published Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service.… Continue reading
