ANCHORAGE — A 14-year-old boy died Sunday in a rafting accident on Eagle River in Anchorage.Alaska State Troopers said a raft carrying the boy and… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police are investigating an early morning shooting Monday that left a man wounded.Police said a 39-year-old man shortly after midnight was shot… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The only road into Alaska’s Denali National Park is expected to completely reopen Tuesday if the weather cooperates and steep terrain nearby remains… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — State officials and leaders are criticizing the federal government’s plan to open one-quarter of the land it manages in eastern Alaska to mining… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Several Alaska fire crews have been sent to help battle blazes in other parts of the western U.S. as the state’s fire season… Continue reading
KENAI — Thousands of kids who went to school in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District will never mistakenly call a sea star a “starfish”… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Thirteen people required hospitalization after a motor home slammed into the back of a bus that was turning into a wilderness lodge near… Continue reading
For one of the few times since it opened 106 years ago, the Arctic Bar is changing.Since 1910, a bar with a polar bear on… Continue reading
An alleged robber remains behind bars after a man who witnessed the robbery chased and detained the suspected robber until help arrived, police said.At 5:15… Continue reading
A 37-year-old motorcyclist was thrown off his motorcycle and pinned under a boat trailer after a collision on Glacier Highway Sunday afternoon, Alaska State Troopers… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A teenager sought on an Anchorage manslaughter warrant is in custody.Anchorage police say Deandrew Webster II turned himself in.Police on Thursday announced Webster… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police closed lanes of one of the city’s busiest streets Friday as they investigated a fatal crash and a shooting.Police just after… Continue reading
On Aug. 8, 1986, a cruise ship ran aground near Prince of Wales Island. Despite leakage, no one was reported injured and the boat was… 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
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
KODIAK — A restored World War II searchlight has taken its place at the Kodiak Military History Museum and is now by a bunker that… Continue reading
A citizen initiative seeking to ask voters whether commercial marijuana is legal in the Kenai Peninsula Borough outside the cities is a no-go.The borough clerk’s… Continue reading
EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE — A retired colonel has been working to get Eielson Air Force Base ready for its coming growth spurt since before… Continue reading
Nancy DeCherney, Executive Director of the Juneau Arts & Humanities Council, receives a decorated six-foot whale’s tail from Bruce Simonson in front of the Juneau… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The code of military justice for the Alaska National Guard is getting an update, two years after a scathing report into alleged misconduct… Continue reading
