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In this photo taken on Oct. 13, Marjorie Tahbone of Nome, left, and Denali Whiting, of Kotzebue, take a selfie during the First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage.

Inupiaq woman joins traditional tattooing movement

ANCHORAGE — Marjorie Tahbone pushed a needle into and back out of a woman’s forearm, allowing the ink-covered end of the cotton thread to soak… Continue reading

In this photo taken on Oct. 13, Marjorie Tahbone of Nome, left, and Denali Whiting, of Kotzebue, take a selfie during the First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference in Anchorage.

Around town for Monday, Oct. 26

Computer Basics, 9 a.m.-11 a.m., The Learning Connection, 210 Ferry way.Tai Chi class for ages 60 and older, 10 a.m.-11 a.m., Filipino Communit Hall. Enrollment… Continue reading

Police blotter for Monday, Oct. 26, 2015

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

New ACA challenge heads for Supreme Court

WASHINGTON — Opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul are taking yet another challenge to the law to the Supreme Court, and say they… Continue reading

Republicans view Trump as most electable

WASHINGTON — Republican voters view Donald Trump as their strongest general election candidate, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that highlights the sharp contrast between… Continue reading

Ohio cases highlight online ‘sextortion’ of teens

CINCINNATI — Three federal cyberstalking cases that surfaced within a few days of each other in the Cincinnati area have underscored widening challenges in protecting… Continue reading

  • Oct 26, 2015
  • By DAN SEWELL
Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, welcomes legislators back to the Capitol and gives thanks to Pam Varni, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, Jeff Goodell, Capitol building manager, and Dawson construction for their work getting the Capitol ready for the Special Session that started on Saturday.

Photo: Welcome back

Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, welcomes legislators back to the Capitol and gives thanks to Pam Varni, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, Jeff… Continue reading

Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, welcomes legislators back to the Capitol and gives thanks to Pam Varni, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, Jeff Goodell, Capitol building manager, and Dawson construction for their work getting the Capitol ready for the Special Session that started on Saturday.
This photo provided by Emmanuel Wattecamps-Etienne, shows him posing for a photo with his cat.

French sailor had no fear in leaping to rescue boat

ANCHORAGE — The French sailor who made a daring jump from high up the rigging pole of his disabled ship to a rescue boat said… Continue reading

This photo provided by Emmanuel Wattecamps-Etienne, shows him posing for a photo with his cat.

Kasich first on Republican ballot

John Kasich, Ohio’s governor and a Republican candidate to become president, has become the first person to file for the Republican primary in Alaska.The news… Continue reading

Around town for Sunday, Oct. 25

Open trap shooting, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Juneau Trap Club, 1 Mile Montana Creek Road. The Juneau Trap Club is open to members and public trap… Continue reading

Obama: Limit standardized tests

WASHINGTON — Addressing one of education’s most divisive issues, President Barack Obama on Saturday called for capping standardized testing at 2 percent of classroom time… Continue reading

  • Oct 25, 2015
  • By JOSH LEDERMAN and JENNIFER C. KERR
  • Nation-World
A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli soldiers by the Israeli border with Gaza on Friday, Oct. 23. Elsewhere, Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's holiest site, which has been the epicenter of weeks of unrest, ended peacefully on Friday as the first time in weeks of escalating violence, Israel allowed Muslims of all ages to enter the site to perform prayers in an apparent bid to ease tensions.

For Palestinians, social media is source of news – and anger

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Four dailies, eight TV stations and scores of radio stations report on the current wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence in the Palestinian… Continue reading

A Palestinian protester throws back a tear gas canister during clashes with Israeli soldiers by the Israeli border with Gaza on Friday, Oct. 23. Elsewhere, Muslim prayers at Jerusalem's holiest site, which has been the epicenter of weeks of unrest, ended peacefully on Friday as the first time in weeks of escalating violence, Israel allowed Muslims of all ages to enter the site to perform prayers in an apparent bid to ease tensions.

Wisconsin GOP abolishes secret corruption probes

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Republicans are moving at breakneck speed to abolish secret investigations into political corruption such as one that haunted Gov. Scott Walker,… Continue reading

Susan Walker talks about the bone-lengthening treatment her son, Keagan, 17, left, went through after he was born with a short femur called Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency. Krysta Gillen, mother of Sylas, a 10-month-old boy, visited the Walker family to learn more about the treatment. Sylas was born with a shortened lower leg, called Fibular Hemimelia.

A mother’s dilemma

In a house on Mendenhall Pennisula, soft guitar music plays and a visiting baby gurgles his words and happily crawls on the floor, getting into… Continue reading

Susan Walker talks about the bone-lengthening treatment her son, Keagan, 17, left, went through after he was born with a short femur called Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency. Krysta Gillen, mother of Sylas, a 10-month-old boy, visited the Walker family to learn more about the treatment. Sylas was born with a shortened lower leg, called Fibular Hemimelia.
Consultants Radislov Shipkoff, director of Greengate LLC, left, Steven Kantor, managing director of FirstSouthwest, and Justin Palfreyman, director of Lazard, speak in favor of Gov. Bill Walker's TransCanada buy-out proposal during a House Finance Committee hearing at the Capitol on Saturday.

Analysis: Pay now or later for gas pipeline?

Chances are, you have at least one credit card in your wallet.Any time you pull it out and use it — whether at Foodland, Fred… Continue reading

Consultants Radislov Shipkoff, director of Greengate LLC, left, Steven Kantor, managing director of FirstSouthwest, and Justin Palfreyman, director of Lazard, speak in favor of Gov. Bill Walker's TransCanada buy-out proposal during a House Finance Committee hearing at the Capitol on Saturday.
Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, welcomes legislators back to the Capitol and gives thanks to Pam Varni, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, Jeff Goodell, Capitol building manager, and Dawson construction for their work getting the Capitol ready for the Special Session that started on Saturday.

Legislature starts work amid dust, drilling

Neither construction dust or the shrieking sound of drilling could keep the Alaska Legislature from starting its third special session of 2015 on Saturday.“You’ve got… Continue reading

Rep. Sam Kito III, D-Juneau, welcomes legislators back to the Capitol and gives thanks to Pam Varni, executive director of the Legislative Affairs Agency, Jeff Goodell, Capitol building manager, and Dawson construction for their work getting the Capitol ready for the Special Session that started on Saturday.

Gov. Walker nixes natural gas tax after pledge from Big Oil

It’s business as unusual.On Friday afternoon, less than 24 hours before the Alaska Legislature was to begin its third special session of 2015, Gov. Bill… Continue reading

In this July 17, 2003 photo, the Ketchikan airport ferry Bob Ellis leaves the airport loceated on Gravina Island in Ketchikan. Alaska's so-called bridge to nowhere, which became a poster child for congressional earmarks, appears dead.

Department moving away from ‘bridge to nowhere’

JUNEAU — Alaska’s so-called bridge to nowhere, derided by critics as an example of congressional earmarks run amok, appears dead.State transportation department officials have spurned… Continue reading

In this July 17, 2003 photo, the Ketchikan airport ferry Bob Ellis leaves the airport loceated on Gravina Island in Ketchikan. Alaska's so-called bridge to nowhere, which became a poster child for congressional earmarks, appears dead.

City pot board tables tax, license discussions

After nearly recommending an 8 percent tax on marijuana sales for Assembly consideration, the City and Borough of Juneau Marijuana Committee decided instead to table… Continue reading

Project provides boat access to Chena River in Fairbanks

FAIRBANKS — A project to stabilize the Chena River in Fairbanks is expected to allow for further development in the city’s downtown area.The multi-stage project… Continue reading