The names of three candidates to take over a judicial seat soon to be vacated in Juneau are now before Gov. Bill Walker for his… Continue reading
The state director battling some of the world’s largest oil companies over marketing Alaska’s North Slope gas is stepping down.Corri Feige, director of the Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Police are monitoring a south Anchorage home where workers trimming trees for a utility reported shots were fired.Police spokeswoman Anita Shell says a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Alaska Railroad is making final preparations for the first U.S. rail shipments of liquefied natural gas, a fuel that could be used… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The city of Fairbanks on Wednesday placed its police chief on administrative leave.City human resources director Angela Foster-Snow says in a release the… Continue reading
A brief foot chase Monday night ended with police officers using a Taser to subdue a suspect downtown, but only after the suspect tried to… Continue reading
A storm that knocked out power to portions of Southcentral Alaska with hurricane-force winds will arrive in the Juneau area late Wednesday and early today.The… Continue reading
Tasha Elizarde, a Juneau-Douglas High School senior, told the world last week that she used to know nothing about sex.“I didn’t even know a lot… Continue reading
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed… Continue reading
A Sunday story about Alaska Electric Light & Power Co. filing for a rate increase with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska stated there would be… Continue reading
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
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — American Indian tribal leaders from northern New Mexico — an area of the country devastated by heroin and opioid addiction — are… Continue reading
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina is no longer the state with the highest rate of women killed by men.The Violence Policy Center announced Tuesday that… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has received $3 million in federal grants to support the expansion of its resources for students… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is resurrecting a stalled plan under which it would use borrowed money to reduce the hundreds of millions… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — It’s already known that the yearly check given to nearly every single Alaskan from the state’s oil wealth fund is going to be… Continue reading
Juneau School Board candidates got a taste Monday night of both the recurrent topics that dominate community conversations, and new ones the board has never… Continue reading
During Monday’s Juneau School Board candidate forum, moderators asked the candidates a series of questions meant to be answered with a simple “yes,” “no” or… Continue reading
The University of Alaska Southeast could end up losing its School of Education and School of Management under proposed changes discussed at the University of… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The state will spend $650,000 on a new program to weed out fraudulent Permanent Fund dividend applications under a no-bid purchase last month… Continue reading
