HOMER — For the second year in a row, a vandal or vandals snuck in at dark and tried to burn the Burning Basket at… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police released a sketch of someone who may have information about one of a series of slayings across the city this year… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 30-year-old Anchorage woman died Sunday in a crash outside Seward.The woman’s name has not been made public.Alaska State Troopers took a 911… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A man returning to his southeast Anchorage apartment early Sunday afternoon walked in on an apparent burglary and was shot.Anchorage police say the… Continue reading
DENALI NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE — A 45-year-old man from Mexico was located unharmed Monday after failing to return on time from a hiking trip… Continue reading
Sealaska Heritage Institute has received a large federal grant — nearly $1 million — to revitalize the languages of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian in… Continue reading
VALDEZ — A 42-year-man from Germany is being treated at an Anchorage hospital after falling nearly 300 feet down a glacier.The accident happened Saturday at… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A recount has confirmed the challenger in a northern Alaska legislative race defeated incumbent Rep. Benjamin Nageak of Barrow in the Aug. 16… Continue reading
HOMER — Two Steller’s jays trying to fatten up for the winter almost met an early end last week. Someone in downtown Homer shot the… Continue reading
A Juneau man was found dead near University of Alaska Southeast campus housing Sunday morning. Benjamin Parson, 39, appears to have died from a gunshot… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has plans for one overseas trip, but not two.The governor is headed to the LNG Producer-Consumer Conference in Tokyo later… Continue reading
On Sept. 12, 1986, the Marine View apartment building was sold to a Seattle developer for $1,005,000 after the Alaska State Housing Authority (ASHA) held… Continue reading
Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… 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
KODIAK — Kodiak officials are considering a funding proposal to help develop a plan for the Alaska Marine Highway System.Mayor Pat Branson says there have… Continue reading
HOUSTON — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by 11 this week to 508.A year ago, 848… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Coast Guard rescued three people after their plane crashed near Kodiak on Friday afternoon.A Coast Guard spokesman said in a statement that… Continue reading
HOONAH — A banner that a police chief said appeared to threaten law enforcement has been taken down.KTUU-TV reported 68-year-old Wanda Culp hung the sign… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage grand jury has indicted an 18-year-old man on murder charges in a shooting death on a rural road.State prosecutors say Kutay… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A rural Alaska police officer shot Wednesday night was struck three times but managed to escape and help another witness.Alaska State Trooper investigators… Continue reading