KETCHIKAN — Officials are moving forward with a road project that will increase access to hundreds of acres of forest land in Southeast Alaska and… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources has announced plans to press forward with a land swap involving Point Bridget State Park and Echo Ranch Bible… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — National Park Service rangers are investigating the shooting death of a moose inside Denali National Park in violation of federal law.The cow moose… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — No one calls springtime in Alaska balmy but the state this year saw record high spring temperatures.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says… Continue reading
PITKA’S POINT — A southwest Alaska man was seriously injured in an all-terrain vehicle crash.Alaska State Troopers said 26-year-old Gabriel Wasky was driving down a… Continue reading
KETCHIKAN — An Anchorage company has been selected to repair a Ketchikan dock damaged last week by a cruise ship.Turnagain Marine Construction was awarded the… Continue reading
Here's today's Celebration festivities. For the full schedule over the entire four days, click here, or for the full dance group performance schedule over four… Continue reading
The Juneau Police Department is searching for $900 worth of tools that were reported stolen from a vehicle in downtown Juneau two months ago.The vehicle… Continue reading
The thump of rawhide drums and the voices — chanting and singing — of those beating them carried over the embankment separating the Douglas Harbor… Continue reading
Juneau residents should prepare for downtown street closures, traffic delays and other changes to city operations Wednesday through Saturday for Celebration 2016.Savikko Park (Sandy Beach)… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Two maritime unions with 250 Alaska jobs at stake have begun a campaign to stop the operator of the trans-Alaska pipeline from switching… Continue reading
William Horton picks salmonberries along Thane Road on Tuesday. Horton said he makes wine from the eight to 10 gallons of berries he picks yearly.… Continue reading
The Alaska Senate voted late Monday to spend almost $1.8 billion per year from the Alaska Permanent Fund on the operations of state government.If approved… Continue reading
Celebration, a biennial festival of Alaska Native culture, officially starts today. But for a handful of paddlers from multiple Southeast communities it started about a… Continue reading
With 50 dance groups, 30 events and about a dozen different venues, Celebration 2016 may seem a little daunting. For first time attendees, here’s a… 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 — A woman who died in a fire at a remote Alaska fishing lodge was a 59-year-old Indonesian national, Alaska State Troopers said Tuesday.Three… Continue reading
The Southeast Alaska Tribal Toxins (SEATT) partnership has been collecting phytoplankton samples throughout southeast Alaska to monitor for plankton species that can produce toxins and… Continue reading
In honor of Celebration, here is a look at a few people who left a big impact on the Alaska Native community before “walking into… Continue reading
