On the night of Jan. 23, Alaskans across the Gulf Coast were awakened by one of the most significant earthquakes to hit Alaska since the… Continue reading
Gastineau Channel Little League’s Flying Squirrel Pirates won the Junior Division championship on Saturday night at Adair-Kennedy Memorial Field. Similar to the Pirates’ win on… Continue reading
The IBEW Marlins claimed the Gastineau Channel Little League Minor Division championship on Saturday evening at Miller Field. The Marlins won 21-20 over the Red… Continue reading
Sealaska Corp. shareholders have elected an independent candidate to the board of directors that controls Southeast Alaska’s regional Native Corporation. Nicole Hallingstad received 823,055 votes… Continue reading
Turns out finance and salmon survival have something in common: the importance of diversification.
June brought some good low tides, lower than minus four feet.
Just outside my window here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, workers are drilling into the asphalt of a parking lot using a truck-mounted rig.… Continue reading
Every time the Red Sox chipped away at their lead, the Pirates answered. Kai Schmidt’s two-RBI single in the first inning spotted the Pirates an… Continue reading
The Alaska Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of a Washington state man for a 1996 murder in Yakutat.
This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading
The movement started in a sea turtle’s nostril. Three years ago, a group of conservationists in Costa Rica pulled a struggling sea turtle from the… Continue reading
Brad Robbins was getting homesick for Juneau. After spending two and half years in Palmer, he finally got his chance to come back and do… Continue reading
The dairies of Juneau are long departed, yet there remains one cow in town — a sacred cow that grows fatter every year. Our cow-to-be-worshipped… Continue reading
Once again certain businessmen in the City and Borough of Juneau are pushing us to revisit a second Douglas Island crossing.
Dear Intrepid Visitors and Curious-Minded Locals, After years of researching Southeast Alaska’s tourism industry, it’s my great pleasure to release the 2018 Guide to Lesser… Continue reading
Assistant Municipal Attorney Emily Wright stood up at Wednesday night’s Juneau Reentry Coalition (JREC) community meeting and expressed her concern. Incarcerated defendants, she said, sometimes… Continue reading
Alaska will receive more than $56 million in disaster relief for groups affected by the 2016 pink salmon failure in the Gulf of Alaska. The… Continue reading
Burglaries, thefts, robberies and aggravated assaults in the first quarter of 2018 are down compared to the first quarter of 2017, according to numbers shown… Continue reading
Mack Arthur Parker, who pleaded guilty to burglarizing the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center last year, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison. Parker, 52,… Continue reading
Former Alaska legislator Zach Fansler pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment on Thursday for slapping a Juneau woman, and was sentenced to community service in lieu… Continue reading
