Eaglecrest General Manager Matt Lillard checks the quality of the snow while running a snow making machine for the first time this season on Tuesday. The temperature was about 29 degrees.

Photos: What’s the white stuff?

Eaglecrest General Manager Matt Lillard checks the quality of the snow while running a snow making machine for the first time this season on Tuesday.… Continue reading

Eaglecrest General Manager Matt Lillard checks the quality of the snow while running a snow making machine for the first time this season on Tuesday. The temperature was about 29 degrees.

Bethel to re-examine ATV laws after spike in citations

BETHEL — Bethel officials are set to reconsider their request for police to step up enforcement of laws banning all-terrain vehicles on city roadways.The City… Continue reading

In this file photo from March 2016, Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, speaks in favor of a bill during a House session.

Muñoz outpaces Parish and rest of House in election fundraising

Rep. Cathy Muñoz is running against Justin Parish to represent House District 34, but when it comes to fundraising, the Juneau Republican has no challenger.According… Continue reading

In this file photo from March 2016, Rep. Cathy Muñoz, R-Juneau, speaks in favor of a bill during a House session.
Creepy clown sightings reported in Juneau

Creepy clown sightings reported in Juneau

It was only a matter of time before the creepy clowns made their way to Juneau.Toward the end of August, reports of people dressing as… Continue reading

Creepy clown sightings reported in Juneau
In this Mar. 27, 2009 file photo, smoke rises from the top a wood-fired boiler near a home in Fairbanks.

Groups sue to declare Fairbanks air out of compliance

ANCHORAGE — Two Alaska groups on Tuesday sued the Environmental Protection Agency, saying officials missed a deadline for deciding whether the Fairbanks North Star Borough… Continue reading

In this Mar. 27, 2009 file photo, smoke rises from the top a wood-fired boiler near a home in Fairbanks.

Murkowski, Sullivan resign GOP posts after denouncing Trump

JUNEAU —  Alaska's two U.S. senators resigned leadership posts in the state Republican party after denouncing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and saying he should… Continue reading

In this Oct. 4 file photo, Norton Gregory, left, Mary Becker, center, and Beth Weldon pose for pictures in Assembly Chambers after winning their respective Assembly seats in the municipal election on Election Night.

City election results certified

The results from the Oct. 4 city election are officially certified.The Canvass Board, which is in charge of certifying each municipal election, met Tuesday to… Continue reading

In this Oct. 4 file photo, Norton Gregory, left, Mary Becker, center, and Beth Weldon pose for pictures in Assembly Chambers after winning their respective Assembly seats in the municipal election on Election Night.

Oily rags responsible for Tuesday morning dryer fire

A bundle of cotton dishrags started a fire in the laundry room of a multi-unit residential building in the Mendenhall Valley after they spontaneously combusted… Continue reading

Report: Alaska’s Permanent Fund a model for other states

JUNEAU — Researchers are recommending other states look to Alaska’s Permanent Fund to learn how to grow funds supported by natural resource extraction.The Pew Charitable… Continue reading

The Pretzel Chef trailer

Thief makes off with trailer used as mobile pretzel parlor

FAIRBANKS — It’s a twisted crime: Someone stole the Pretzel Chef trailer, a food truck that operates in Fairbanks, Alaska.The Pretzel Chef is a fixture… Continue reading

The Pretzel Chef trailer

Anchorage police seek 4 suspects, car used in street robbery

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are looking for four robbery suspects who accosted a couple early Monday morning on the west side of the city.Police say… Continue reading

Troopers release name of man killed in crash

TOK — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of the man killed Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash on the Alaska Highway.Troopers say 19-year-old… Continue reading

Man robs Anchorage bank, drives away with 2 others in SUV

ANCHORAGE — A man claiming to be armed robbed a bank Monday on Anchorage’s east side.Anchorage police say a man walked into the First National… Continue reading

State says first federal trust status application filed

ANCHORAGE — Alaska officials say the first application by an Alaska Native entity to put lands into federal trust has been submitted to the federal… Continue reading

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner's Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and Chum salmon hatchery on Monday.

Photos: DIPAC fieldtrip

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner’s Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and… Continue reading

Vince Nizich, right, examines a starfish during a class field trip by Semra Deaner's Auke Bay Elementary School kindergarten class to Douglas Island Pink and Chum salmon hatchery on Monday.

With crime on the rise, Chugiak residents learn crime prevention

CHUGIAK-EAGLE RIVER — Crime is up in Alaska, according to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Report which cites statistics from 2015. While the previous year… Continue reading

Electrician Richard Cutting of Anchorage's Megawatt Electric tightens a fitting on a 38-millimeter main distribution pipe, part of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church's new fire suppression system, above the church's sanctuary Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kenai.

Historic Kenai church gets new fire suppression system

KENAI — A system designed to extinguish fires without damaging the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church’s collection of icons, art and… Continue reading

Electrician Richard Cutting of Anchorage's Megawatt Electric tightens a fitting on a 38-millimeter main distribution pipe, part of the Holy Assumption of the Virgin Mary Russian Orthodox Church's new fire suppression system, above the church's sanctuary Thursday, Oct. 6 in Kenai.
Margaret Stock, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, talks with the Empire during a sit-down interview Wednesday to discuss her history as an immigration attorney and why she's running against incumbent Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.

Taking Stock: A Q&A with the independent running against Murkowski

It was a good week for Margaret Stock.The independent candidate challenging Lisa Murkowski for U.S. Senate was endorsed last week by former Sen. Mark Begich… Continue reading

Margaret Stock, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, talks with the Empire during a sit-down interview Wednesday to discuss her history as an immigration attorney and why she's running against incumbent Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Pat Sarvela, one of the first nurses at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital works with tuberculosis patient Agnes Prosoff at the Alice Island sanitarium in the late 1940s.

Sitka nurses recall war against killer disease

SITKA — In some places during the 1940s and 1950s, nurses were seen as being “at the bottom of the totem pole” of the medical… Continue reading

Pat Sarvela, one of the first nurses at Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital works with tuberculosis patient Agnes Prosoff at the Alice Island sanitarium in the late 1940s.