Alaska’s natural gas megaproject is moving forward.With a 39-0 vote, the Alaska House approved spending $161.25 million to advance the AKLNG project, which promises to… Continue reading
JUNEAU — The House Finance Committee has advanced legislation to authorize a buyout of one of the state’s partners in a major proposed liquefied natural… Continue reading
The head of Alaska’s Marijuana Control Board says the agency is on course to meet a voter-imposed deadline to create regulations for the nation’s first… Continue reading
The city is only months away from implementing its accessory apartment incentive program, Lands and Resources Manager Greg Chaney told the members of the Affordable… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — State labor economists have reported that plentiful groundfish harvests last year contributed to an employment boost in Alaska’s commercial fishing sector.A new report… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — A new headstone honoring Anchorage’s first paid fire chief has been installed as part of this year’s celebrations marking the city’s centennial.Firefighters gathered… Continue reading
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio voters rejected a ballot proposal Tuesday that would have legalized both recreational and medical marijuana in a single vote — a… Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — A long-promised campaign to legalize recreational marijuana use in California next year reached the starting gate with the filing of a ballot… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Despite a handful of high-profile defections, most Republican presidential candidates are still demanding changes to the GOP’s coming debates. That’s not to say… Continue reading
Kentucky voters on Tuesday elected just the second Republican in four decades to hold the governor’s office, in a race that hinged largely on President… Continue reading
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Volkswagen, already reeling from the fallout of cheating on U.S. emissions tests for nitrogen oxide, said Tuesday that an internal investigation… Continue reading
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators fined Japan’s Takata Corp. $70 million Tuesday for concealing evidence for years that its air bags are prone… Continue reading
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — U.S. satellite imagery detected heat around a Russian passenger jet just before it went down in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, two U.S.… Continue reading
KADIRLI, Turkey — The 4-year-old Syrian girl was ending her first trip to her grandparents’ house. Posing for the last family photos before returning to… Continue reading
CARACAS, Venezuela — Fast food lovers in shortage-plagued Venezuela are enjoying greasy French fries at McDonald’s franchises once again after the side dish went missing… Continue reading
Two new books are deepening a Vatican scandal with tales of mismanagement and greed, such as sainthood causes that can cost up to a half-million… Continue reading
This report contains information provided to the Empire from law enforcement agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction information. Anyone listed in… Continue reading
Digital World class, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way. Course will include: Google - Calendar, Drive, Sites (for web pages), Chrome Social… Continue reading
SEATTLE (AP) — Online retail giant Amazon opened its first brick-and-mortar bookstore on Tuesday, two decades after it began selling books over the Internet and… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — The company pleading for permission to build the Keystone XL pipeline looked beyond President Barack Obama on Tuesday in apparent hopes a future… Continue reading
