CHICAGO — Dennis Hastert pleaded guilty Wednesday to evading banking laws in a hush-money scheme, averting a potentially lurid trial that could have dredged up… Continue reading
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s yearlong spaceman, Scott Kelly, chalked up his first spacewalk Wednesday just hours before he sets a record for the… Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Many people who complained a federal insurance program shortchanged them after Superstorm Sandy swamped their homes are getting some validation three… Continue reading
A phishing scam is targeting Alaskans with automated phone calls to steal personal financial information. The scammer or scammers have been using prerecorded calls to… Continue reading
KENAI — Alaska’s forests will finally have a representative in Washington, D.C.: This year’s Capitol Christmas tree will be the first one from the Last… Continue reading
Gov. Bill Walker’s administration is preparing to roll out the most radical change to the state’s annual budgeting process since the creation of the Alaska… Continue reading
Burglary• At 8:16 a.m. Sunday, the Juneau Police Department received a report of a stolen laptop from a residence in the 2500 block of Vista… Continue reading
ANCHORAGE — The Army Corps of Engineers suspended its study into building the first deep-water port for large oil and gas support ships in the… Continue reading
Time is money, and after 10 months of negotiating, Juneau’s teachers’ union is collecting for efforts previously considered “off the clock.”A new tentative contract between… Continue reading
Before a 70-year-old Wrangell fisherman and his son entered the Juneau federal courthouse for their first court appearance, a plea deal had already been reached… Continue reading
PCL Construction employees install copper-color glass panels onto the front of the State Library, Archives, and Museums building on Tuesday.… Continue reading
Greg Fisk officially assumed his position as Juneau’s new Mayor when he was sworn in Oct. 20. On Friday afternoon — with almost a week… Continue reading
Leaders of the state-owned Alaska Gasline Development Corporation were the subjects of a legislative inquiry on Tuesday as lawmakers consider whether the AGDC is fit… Continue reading
In the spring of 2013, Sheryl Weinberg ran into a friend at a grocery store in Juneau. While catching up, each woman spoke about how… Continue reading
Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Parks and Recreation Wednesday hike, 9:30 a.m., call for location. Details: 586-0428.Day of quilting, sewing… Continue reading
LONDON — Oil giant BP reported a 96-percent drop in third-quarter profit Tuesday and announced further efforts to curtail spending as it prepares for a… Continue reading
The U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Elderberry takes aboard navigation markers from Gastineau Channel on Tuesday morning, Oct. 27, 2015. Each winter, the markers are… Continue reading
LONDON — Charles Kwara and his friends sit around an earthenware pot, sipping a frothy gray drink through long straws as laughter fills the Charismatic… Continue reading
TOKYO — Two years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made women’s advancement a top policy priority, statistics suggest Japan’s male-dominated workplaces have evolved slightly, but… Continue reading
WASHINGTON — Signaling a possible escalation of U.S. military action in the Middle East, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday that the United States is… Continue reading
