On Aug. 14, 1986, the University of Alaska Board of Regents requested Gov. Bill Sheffield to reconsider the $6 million slash to the university’s budget… Continue reading
Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Gun Club, 5680 Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Gun Club is open to members and public trap shooting… 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
BETHEL — A church in the southwest Alaska village of Nunapitchuk, where half the population is part of the congregation, has resumed services weeks after… Continue reading
Capital City Fire/Rescue is looking for volunteers to help out with a full-scale live emergency disaster drill at the Juneau International Airport next month.At 9… Continue reading
Insurance salesman, pedicab driver, Olympic aspirant, Sim City enthusiast, and — as of Friday — Juneau Assembly candidate. William Quayle Jr.’s résumé is nothing if… Continue reading
Juneau tattoo artist David Lang has recently seen an uptick of people wanting Alaska Native formline tattoos, something he specializes in.“I say formline rather than… Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Alaska’s state primary elections are on Tuesday, and except for the incumbents, most of the names on the ballot probably aren’t familiar to… Continue reading
The Coast Guard 17th District will host its annual Buoy Tender Roundup in Juneau this week, a time for training followed by Coast Guard games.Beginning… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — Another Alaska municipality is holding off on establishing local rules for marijuana consumption until regulators work out details at the state level.The Fairbanks… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage woman will spend seven years in jail for stabbing her young son in the neck with scissors.KTUU reported 42-year-old Tracia Jordan-Sainte… Continue reading
“If you don’t have a hook in the water, you don’t have a chance.”That’s something you hear a lot of when you ask fishermen for… Continue reading
The Juneau Assembly Finance Committee met Thursday night to figure out how the city will fill the nearly $4.8 million hole Gov. Bill Walker poked… Continue reading
Does money matter?When voters go to the polls on Tuesday, they'll choose which statehouse candidates will advance to November's general election. Some of those candidates… Continue reading
Fishing in every derby until their deaths, “The Five” — Richard “Dick” Garrison, Rudy Pusich, C.E. “Chuck” Porter, Ray Nevin and Bill Byington — had… Continue reading
The Perseverance Trail area and Mt. Roberts Trail area will be in use from 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 13, for the… Continue reading
On Aug. 12, 1986, the Reagan administration announced that it would remove the federal government’s energy plants, one of which supplied Juneau with 70 percent… Continue reading
Storytime, 11 a.m., Mendenhall Valley Public Library. Details: 586-5267. Organ concert, noon, State Office Building. J. Allan MacKinnon to play a variety of music. Senior… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A 27-year-old southeast Alaska man sought on a first-degree murder warrant was arrested Tuesday night after a standoff.Albert Macasaet was arrested by an… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The van driver suspected of driving impaired in a crash that killed three on an Aleutian Island is out of a hospital and… Continue reading
