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Gov. Walker limits oil checks to $1,000

ANCHORAGE — Facing a multibillion-dollar deficit, Alaska's governor on Wednesday cut in half the annual checks that give all residents a share of the state's oil… Continue reading

Photo: Tug of war

Juvenile bald eagles fight over a remaining scrap of salmon near the DIPAC Macaulay Salmon Hatchery on Tuesday.… Continue reading

Fairbanks teenager dies in Steese Highway rollover crash

FAIRBANKS — A Fairbanks teenager died Tuesday when the compact car she was driving left the roadway and rolled along the Steese Highway.Alaska State Troopers… Continue reading

Police & fire for Wednesday, June 29, 2016

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

Defendant draws out felony case with more verbal attacks

A Juneau jury sat through nearly three hours of recorded — and seemingly bland — phone calls Tuesday between an inmate and the woman he… Continue reading

Built in 1914, the New Office Building included work space for management, engineers, accountants, clerks and bookkeepers. The Treadwell Historic Preservation and Restoration Society, Inc. has received a grant to help preserve the building.

Mining for grants and striking gold

During its roughly 40-year lifespan, the Alaska Treadwell Gold Mining Company pulled almost $70 million worth of gold out of the earth beneath Douglas Island.… Continue reading

Built in 1914, the New Office Building included work space for management, engineers, accountants, clerks and bookkeepers. The Treadwell Historic Preservation and Restoration Society, Inc. has received a grant to help preserve the building.
Elsa and Bret Light, of Washington, D.C., take a selfie with a juvenile bald eagle on the shore near the DIPAC Salmon Hatchery on Tuesday.

Photo: Selfie with an eagle

Elsa and Bret Light, of Washington, D.C., take a selfie with a juvenile bald eagle on the shore near the DIPAC Macaulay Salmon Hatchery on… Continue reading

Elsa and Bret Light, of Washington, D.C., take a selfie with a juvenile bald eagle on the shore near the DIPAC Salmon Hatchery on Tuesday.

Around Town

Women, Infants and Children walk-in clinic, 9 a.m.-6 p.m., SEARHC Juneau WIC Clinic, 3245 Hospital Drive, first floor. Free nutrition services for income-eligible women who… Continue reading

Fugitive sought by US marshals with warrant dies by suicide

ANCHORAGE — The U.S. Marshals office says a man sought on a federal warrant killed himself Monday night in Anchorage as officers approached his motorhome.Marshals… Continue reading

Search launched for missing Nome hiker

ANCHORAGE — A ground and aerial search is underway for a missing 36-year-old Nome man.Alaska State Troopers said they were notified Monday morning after Joseph… Continue reading

Driver arrested for murder after crash

ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police have arrested a 34-year-old man on charges of first-degree murder, kidnapping, sexual assault and other counts following the discovery of a… Continue reading

Jahna Lindemuth

Walker names Anchorage lawyer as AG

ANCHORAGE — Gov. Bill Walker has appointed an Anchorage lawyer as Alaska’s top attorney.Walker on Tuesday named Jahna Lindemuth as his new attorney general. She… Continue reading

Jahna Lindemuth
In this October 2011 photo, a harbor seal pup rests on seaweed-covered rocks after coming in on the high tide in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle. As harbor seals are being born in the Pacific Northwest this time of year, marine mammal advocates are urging people not to touch or pick up pups that come up on beaches and shorelines to rest. At least five times this season, well-meaning people have illegally picked up seal pups in Oregon and Washington thinking they were abandoned or needed help, but that interference ultimately resulted in two deaths, said Michael Milstein, a spokesman with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

NOAA: Do not touch, pick up seal pups

SEATTLE — As harbor seals are being born in the Pacific Northwest, marine mammal advocates up and down the West Coast are urging people not… Continue reading

In this October 2011 photo, a harbor seal pup rests on seaweed-covered rocks after coming in on the high tide in the West Seattle neighborhood of Seattle. As harbor seals are being born in the Pacific Northwest this time of year, marine mammal advocates are urging people not to touch or pick up pups that come up on beaches and shorelines to rest. At least five times this season, well-meaning people have illegally picked up seal pups in Oregon and Washington thinking they were abandoned or needed help, but that interference ultimately resulted in two deaths, said Michael Milstein, a spokesman with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Hawaii gift store owner gets 6 months for wildlife smuggling

HONOLULU — The owner of a Hawaii jewelry and gift retail business was sentenced Monday to six months in federal prison for smuggling Alaska ivory… Continue reading

Territorial Sportsmen asks for float support

The Juneau-based Territorial Sportsmen will be entering a float in the Juneau and Douglas Fourth of July Parades this year to emphasize community programs highlighted… Continue reading

Famous evangelist Franklin Graham makes stop in Juneau

Franklin Graham of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will lead a prayer rally in Juneau on Friday, July 1 at noon at Savikko Park.Graham is… Continue reading

Denali National Park, September 2015

Hikers rescued on trip to ‘Into the Wild’ bus

ANCHORAGE — Officials say two hikers rescued after failing to return on time from a trip into the Alaska wilderness are the latest to be… Continue reading

Denali National Park, September 2015

Assembly shoots down grocery sales-tax exemption question

The Juneau Assembly handily shot down a proposal that could have removed the 5 percent sales tax on groceries during a work session Monday night.After… Continue reading

George Van Lone of Soldotna's Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club listens for radio messages, attempting to exchange call signs with other operators, during HAM radio field day on Saturday, June 25 in the parking lot of Skyveiw Middle School in Soldotna. After seeking contacts for 24 hours, club members exchanged messages with 326 stations, including some in Hawaii, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Mexico.

The spirit of radio

KENAI — About a dozen people spent the better part of their weekend in the parking lot of Skyview Middle School in one of two… Continue reading

George Van Lone of Soldotna's Moosehorn Amateur Radio Club listens for radio messages, attempting to exchange call signs with other operators, during HAM radio field day on Saturday, June 25 in the parking lot of Skyveiw Middle School in Soldotna. After seeking contacts for 24 hours, club members exchanged messages with 326 stations, including some in Hawaii, Connecticut, Florida, Texas, and Mexico.
Olga Simpson of Belarus celebrates receiving her certificate during a U.S. Naturalization Ceremony at the Robert Boochever U.S. Courthouse in the Federal Building on Friday. Forty-one people from 10 countries became U.S. citizens.

Living a dream and becoming an American

I grew up in a family of seven people — my mom, my three cousins, my two sisters and me. Six of them, having been… Continue reading

Olga Simpson of Belarus celebrates receiving her certificate during a U.S. Naturalization Ceremony at the Robert Boochever U.S. Courthouse in the Federal Building on Friday. Forty-one people from 10 countries became U.S. citizens.