PALMER — Authorities say a Palmer man was shot after two people entered his home through a window early Thursday morning.The Alaska State Troopers say… Continue reading
Commercial fisherman Robert Thorstenson, Jr. is precisely the right person to bring a lawsuit against the governor and the State of Alaska, according to his… 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 21, 1986, Bartlett Memorial Hospital announced that it made almost half the amount of its $1 million deficit announced a year earlier. If… Continue reading
Members of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association collect trash along Glacier Highway on Wednesday.… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Denali National Park officials are holding off on plans to reopen an area closed because of a problem grizzly bear, saying they’ve received… 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
In Monday’s story about a jury award in a crash involving a Bethel police vehicle, The Associated Press reported erroneously the amount of the award.… Continue reading
Cecilia Welch long dreamed of leaving Ohio for Alaska after her children were grown up, but a small room inside a shelter she shares with… Continue reading
BETHEL — Dozens of fishermen from two villages on the Lower Yukon River are demanding Maserculiq Native Corporation fix the villages’ broken ice machine, which… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A wildfire threatening homes on both sides of it just south of Alaska’s largest city was likely started by people, fire officials said… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — More than a thousand pounds of food intended to feed homeless youth have been stolen, Anchorage police said.The food had been collected during… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Police in Alaska’s capital city saw an outpouring of community support following the fatal shootings of officers in Texas and Louisiana and on… Continue reading
The Chichagof Island community of Elfin Cove is dreaming of a hydro-powered future.Last week, according to a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Elfin… Continue reading
Nerry and Scully aren’t names of Pokémon. They’re two dogs at the Gastineau Humane Society up for adoption. And the shelter is encouraging anybody playing… Continue reading
Increased state control of the Alaska Liquefied Natural Gasline project was a concept first proposed by the state’s producer partners to lower the cost of… Continue reading
Alaska Gasline Development Corp. President and CEO Keith Meyer directly addressed what he sees as one of the biggest challenges to building a gasline during… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker appointed former Anchorage Democratic state senator Hollis French to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Wednesday, making the three-person commission whole… Continue reading
For an outlaw, Fernando Schmitz lives a pretty tame life. He wakes up with the sun then spends most of the day hanging out in… Continue reading
As the season extends, so has the reach of the Kenai Peninsula Food Hub.More sellers sign up on the central Kenai Peninsula, in Homer and… Continue reading
