In the wake of the Orlando, Florida, nightclub atrocity, President Barack Obama has admonished us to “do some soul-searching” about how “easy” it is in… Continue reading
SPOKANE, Wash. — A Salt Lake City businessman said he was shocked to see a full-page advertisement in an Idaho newspaper inviting women to interview… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Court of Appeals has reversed a DUI conviction because the driver was pulled over by a Washington State Patrol trooper… Continue reading
MURPHY, Ore. — They say good fences make good neighbors. Then there are the fences that enclose the growing number of Josephine County’s marijuana grow… Continue reading
Alaskan entrepreneurs can be on home shopping networkAlaska entrepreneurs can compete for an opportunity to sell their products on a Home Shopping Network television show.The… Continue reading
For the first time in Juneau, people at risk of overdosing from heroin or other opiates can access a lifesaving medicine for free starting June… Continue reading
During an opening statement Tuesday in a felony assault, robbery, theft and tampering case, the defense said the real blame belongs not to the man… Continue reading
SEATTLE — A spokesman for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport says a flight was diverted to the Seattle area Tuesday after a man allegedly tried to kiss… Continue reading
Three vehicles collided Tuesday morning at the intersection of Egan Drive and Vanderbilt Hill Road. Two people were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening… Continue reading
KENAI — The Kenaitze Indian Tribe has been able to reach more members of its elder community with the opening of a new center for… Continue reading
DENVER — Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska wildfire officials have doubled the number of personnel fighting a fire near the village of Tetlin.Alaska Interagency Coordination Center spokesman Tim Mowry… Continue reading
The fire department is reminding BBQ lovers to “use extra caution with outdoor fires and BBQ’s” after still-hot, discarded charcoal caused a backyard fire at… Continue reading
PALMER — A 47-year-old Wasilla woman suspected of twice ramming a minivan into a Palmer home has been charged with felony criminal mischief and six… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — The Alaska Court of Appeals is asking the state’s highest court to re-examine rules regarding police searches after throwing out a conviction for… Continue reading
SEWARD — Austin Sollars got his first paid commercial fishing job at 11, baiting hooks on a 74-foot halibut schooner that fished off the Aleutian… 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, 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
ANCHORAGE — The FBI says there was no threat to national security when a pilot crashed a small airplane into office buildings in downtown Anchorage… Continue reading
The Eagle River Boy Scout Trail will be in use from 5-7 p.m. tonight for the Southeast Road Runners Eagle River Scout Trail Run.The trail… Continue reading
