ANCHORAGE — A year after Alaska wildfires burned an area larger than Massachusetts, the state is on course for a mild fire year in 2016.Alaska… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — State transportation officials are testing out a new program on Seward Highway aimed at reducing congestion and making it safer for vehicles to… Continue reading
This fall, the Kenai Peninsula School District’s Board of Education will address whether to add the terms “gender identity” and “sexual orientation” to its policy… Continue reading
JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan could have a speaking role at next week’s national Republican convention.A spokesman for Alaska’s junior senator on Wednesday said… Continue reading
The Alaska House of Representatives has asked the state Senate to join it for a joint session at noon Friday for the purpose of overriding… Continue reading
A new survey from Anchorage-based pollster Ivan Moore has found Alaskans strongly in favor of term limits for state legislators.In an email to the Empire,… Continue reading
JUNEAU — U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski will be traveling in Alaska next week as part of her re-election campaign and won’t be attending the national… Continue reading
The Alaska Marijuana Control Board will hold a special meeting by telephone on Thursday to address an unclear decision at the board’s meeting last week.… Continue reading
KENAI — A Kenai man is in custody after Alaska State Troopers and Kenai police seized nearly a half-pound of heroin from his home.Trooper said… Continue reading
In less than a month, the U.S. Olympic Team will head to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. One of those competing… Continue reading
FAIRBANKS — This summer’s rainy weather has further delayed the opening of a new road to connect a bush community to Alaska’s highway network.Alaska Department… Continue reading
SITKA — Is Sitka interested in finding out about the presence of heavy metals, contaminants and nutrients in some of the subsistence foods we eat?… Continue reading
There’s a saying that you shouldn’t look a gift horse in the mouth.Evidently, that doesn’t apply to free buildings.On Tuesday morning, the Legislative Council voted… Continue reading
Since 1884, fish processors and biologists have kept intimate track of the number of salmon caught in Bristol Bay. On July 6, that figure passed… Continue reading
The owners of the controversial downtown Anchorage Legislative Information Office Building have filed a claim seeking $37 million from the state of Alaska.In the claim,… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Alaska State Troopers said a driver died Monday morning in a crash on the Glenn Highway.The name of the female driver was not… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — Anchorage police investigating the deaths of two people on a bike trail have released photos of two men who may have information on… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — An Anchorage man suspected of stabbing his father early Monday has been charged with three counts of felony assault and one of felony… Continue reading
BETHEL — Alaska’s Akiachak tribe is preparing to inventory land for federal trust status following a federal appeals court decision allowing Alaska Native communities to… Continue reading
The 29th Alaska Legislature on Monday began its fifth special session since the gavel first sounded in January 2015, but lawmakers appear uncertain on their… Continue reading
