The Admiralty Dream cruise ship sits just outside Whaler's Cove Lodge Monday morning after the ship's crew found Captain Kenneth Adam, 47, dead in his state room.

Captain found dead aboard cruise ship

Crew members found their 47-year-old captain dead aboard the Admiralty Dream cruise ship on Monday, Alaska State Troopers reported.Kenneth Adam was found dead at 5:46… Continue reading

The Admiralty Dream cruise ship sits just outside Whaler's Cove Lodge Monday morning after the ship's crew found Captain Kenneth Adam, 47, dead in his state room.

Juneau Fourth of July Parade winners and Douglas parade winners

Winning floats• 1st place, Best Commercial, Alaska Dames• 2nd place, Best Commercial, Crowley Taku Oil Sales• 1st place, Most Alaskan, Fred Meyer• 1st place, Most… Continue reading

Police and Fire for Tueday, July 5, 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

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

Alaska Judicial Council recommends ‘yes’ vote for retaining judges

The Alaska Judicial Council recommends that Alaskans vote “yes” to retain 33 judges eligible to appear on the ballot in 2016.The Council reviews judges’ performances,… Continue reading

City closures for Independence Day

City Hall and most City and Borough of Juneau offices will be closed Monday and regular office hours will resume on Tuesday.Douglas road closures include… Continue reading

Brad Fluetsch talks about what makes a peony ready for market at his North Douglas property on Monday. Fluetsch says it will be 2019 before his first commercial crop is ready.

Field of floral dreams

Brad Fluetsch has been growing peonies at his home in North Douglas since 1992 and they do really well. So well, people have asked to… Continue reading

Brad Fluetsch talks about what makes a peony ready for market at his North Douglas property on Monday. Fluetsch says it will be 2019 before his first commercial crop is ready.

Fourth of July Schedule of Events

Independence DayJuneau Parade, 11 a.m., begins at Cycle Alaska/Department of Labor Building at W. Eighth St. (next to Douglas Bridge). The parade will start up… Continue reading

Police & Fire for Sunday, July 3, 2016

Burglary• At 6:29 p.m. Thursday, a 56-year-old woman reported several firearms were stolen from her residence in the 3000 block fo Glacierwood Drive.Conditions violation• At… Continue reading

Will this be the last Fourth of July fireworks are allowed in city parks?

Come tonight, bottle rockets, mortars, roman candles and fireworks of other forms and fashions will light the sky above Savikko Park in Douglas, one of… Continue reading

Rhetoric ratchets up in transboundary mining battle

Critics of British Columbia’s transboundary mining activities were shot down recently by one top U.S. official, so on Monday they appealed to another, asking for… Continue reading

UAF interim chancellor named

University of Alaska President Jim Johnsen has appointed Dana L. Thomas as interim chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Thomas will begin on Aug.… Continue reading

Certificate of Achievement earners can still receive diploma

Forty-six students from the class of 2015 received a certificate of achievement rather than a diploma, and an as of yet undetermined number in 2016.… Continue reading

Bill Cameron trains Laura Baker on her horse, Maverick, at Swampy Acres on Thursday.

Extreme cowboy comes to Juneau

For the past 15 years, famed equestrian Bill Cameron has been making an annual weeklong trip to Juneau to give riding lessons to the capital… Continue reading

Bill Cameron trains Laura Baker on her horse, Maverick, at Swampy Acres on Thursday.

This Day in Juneau History: July 3, 1986

On July 3, 1986, the passengers aboard the cruise ship The Daphne stayed in Juneau for the day as the ship headed to British Columbia… Continue reading

Around Town

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Gun Club, 1 Mile Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Gun Club is open to members and public trap… Continue reading

Rising water on Mendenhall Lake was close to closing the Photo Point Trail on Friday.

Forest Service facilities reopen after record flooding

Despite a glacial outburst flood, or jökulhlaup, that inundated Mendenhall Lake with record-setting flood waters, cleanup is already underway and operations are getting back to… Continue reading

Rising water on Mendenhall Lake was close to closing the Photo Point Trail on Friday.
Laron Carlton Graham, 38, stares off in silence as a Judge Philip Pallenberg reads a jury's verdict on Friday, July 1, declaring him guilty of four felonies and nine misdemeanors.

Guilty: Jury convicts man in domestic violence case on 13 of 14 counts

For the first time in two weeks, the verbose defendant representing himself at trial in a domestic violence assault case was silent. He listened quietly… Continue reading

Laron Carlton Graham, 38, stares off in silence as a Judge Philip Pallenberg reads a jury's verdict on Friday, July 1, declaring him guilty of four felonies and nine misdemeanors.
Rev. Franklin Graham, president/CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and son of televangelist Billy Graham, holds a prayer rally at Savviko Park on Friday as part of his 50 State "Decision America Tour 2016."

Praying America’s problems away

This country is in trouble, and only God and the power of prayer can save it from abortion, same-sex marriage and political correctness, according to… Continue reading

Rev. Franklin Graham, president/CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and son of televangelist Billy Graham, holds a prayer rally at Savviko Park on Friday as part of his 50 State "Decision America Tour 2016."
A contingent of Royal Canadian Mounted Police march down Front Street on Saturday, July 4, 2015. A group from Whitehorse participated in Juneau's Fourth of July parade as part of Juneau's Sister City project.

Canada’s Mounted Police are coming to Juneau again this Fourth of July

The Fourth of July celebrates a piece of U.S. history — America’s birthday — and other counties are invited to the birthday party.Dressed in their… Continue reading

A contingent of Royal Canadian Mounted Police march down Front Street on Saturday, July 4, 2015. A group from Whitehorse participated in Juneau's Fourth of July parade as part of Juneau's Sister City project.