ANCHORAGE — A 45-year-old Anchorage man has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison for attempted sexual exploitation of children and attempted foreign travel… Continue reading
FREMONT, Calif. — Authorities say a baby seal made it 4 miles from the water to the front yard of a home in the San… Continue reading
NEW YORK — Even in an era of high-tech crime-fighting, the best line of defense against a Brussels-style attack on airports and subways has four… Continue reading
Even before the first vote was cast Saturday, the outcome seemed obvious. The only question was the margin.When Ken Burch rose to give a prepared… Continue reading
Eaglecrest Ski Area is closed for the season.Eaglecrest officials decided to pull the plug since mountain conditions aren’t good and they’re not getting any better… Continue reading
A federal court handed down a five-year sentence to a Ketchikan man for distributing child pornography.U.S. District Chief Judge Timothy Burgess imposed the sentence Thursday… Continue reading
Lining the back wall of In Bocca Al Lupo’s dining room are stacks of apple tree logs. A few at a time go into the… Continue reading
The National Park Service will continue maintaining Sitka’s state parks after the state of Alaska cut funding to keep them clean. In an announcement Tuesday,… Continue reading
GED orientation class, 9 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry Way. GED orientation is designed to improve the success rate of those taking the tests.… 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
Juneau’s two Democratic delegates to the Alaska Legislature are pushing a proposal that would allow younger state employees access to a guaranteed pension system. The… Continue reading
Starting Monday, service to the Whittier Street bus stop near the State Library, Archives, and Museum will stop due to street construction. Capital Transit buses… Continue reading
The city’s Lands and Resources Division has moved from City Hall to the building across the street.The division’s offices are now located on the third… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The U.S. charged seven hackers linked to the Iranian government with executing large-scale coordinated cyberattacks on dozens of banks as well as a… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A massive die-off of Alaska seabirds has stretched to the beaches of a national park in the southwest corner of the state.Federal biologists… Continue reading
JUNEAU — Sport-fishing advocates told state lawmakers they want a new fee imposed on personal-use and sport fishermen who catch sockeye on two heavily used… Continue reading
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Thursday detained a soldier who was captured on video shooting an injured Palestinian who was lying on the ground.The… Continue reading
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A U.N. war crimes court convicted former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other charges Thursday for orchestrating a… Continue reading
ATLANTA — One presidential candidate pledged to “Stand up for America.” Two generations later, another promises to “Make America Great Again.” Their common denominator: convincing… Continue reading
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Patrick McKay has ruled that the Alaska Legislature’s lease of a downtown Anchorage office building violated state contracting rules and should… Continue reading
