ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man opening a retail marijuana business has been appointed to the state Marijuana Control Board.Gov. Bill Walker announced Wednesday that Nicholas… Continue reading
Senior ceramics, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Senior Center. Details: Diane, 463-6176.Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Details: 586-5267. Organ concert, noon, State Office Building.… Continue reading
On Aug. 26, 1986, elections are the talk of the town. After the past year’s fiscal crisis, voter turnout for the gubernatorial, legislative, and local… Continue reading
On Aug. 27, 1986, Alaska’s fate was decided: Democratic candidate for governor, Steve Cowper, pushed incumbent Gov. Bill Sheffield out from the Democrat’s bid. The… 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
On July 29, Ralph and Gloria Wolfe lost their home, their belongings and a family member.Gloria’s brother Eric Anderstrom was killed when a fire swept… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker has put a pause on an administrative order that was recently the center of a lawsuit between the state and a commercial… Continue reading
A Juneau man dry firing a 9mm Glock pistol took a practice shot from inside a house on Wednesday, aiming for the front door. He… Continue reading
Municipal, school board and legislative debates have been set by Juneau Votes, the Juneau Empire and KTOO Public Media, giving Juneau voters a venue to… Continue reading
On Aug. 25, 1986, the day before the primary election for legislative candidates, where voters also got the chance to to support or oppose a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A man sought by Anchorage police on a manslaughter charge has turned himself in.Anchorage television station KTUU reported 19-year-old Kuach Kuach surrendered Tuesday… 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
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
WASHINGTON — The latest scores from the ACT college entrance exam suggest many of this year’s high school graduates aren’t ready for college-level course work.In… Continue reading
A citizen petition to ask voters whether commercial marijuana operations should be banned in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside the cities has received sufficient signatures… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Thieves coming across dead moose on Alaska roads are stealing the carcasses, making away with hundreds of pounds of meat that normally goes… Continue reading
A drop in global natural gas prices due to falling demand has made Alaska’s natural gas pipeline project questionable, a joint session of the Alaska… Continue reading
In 1952, then U.S. Secretary of the Interior Oscar L. Chapman told Congress that Juneau’s Sweetheart Lake was “an important source of water for potential… Continue reading
When an Alaska Wildlife Trooper noticed a driver’s vehicle registration was expired, he began a traffic stop that ended with a woman escaping a violent… Continue reading
The state of Alaska received some good news from credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s on Tuesday.In a new report, the agency said it is… Continue reading