Refine Search

  •  
  •  
Grant Aviation begins service to Akutan airport

ANCHORAGE - Residents of a remote community in Alaska's Aleutians once again have access to scheduled flights that fill a void left when an airliner suspended service there in late October.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-12-02/grant-aviation-begins-service-akutan-ai
State
Willoughby District may benefit from federal greening program

Downtown Juneau could a green facelift. The City and Borough of Juneau Lands Committee recently discussed the idea to enter Alaska's capital in the Greening America's Capitals program. The Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Policy, U.S.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-06-19/willoughby-district-may-benefit-federal
Local
Empire editorial: Polar history sent to the scrap yard

A piece of Arctic and Antarctic history was scrapped on July 2 in Brownsville, Texas, a sad end for a noble ship that pioneered modern exploration and observation of the regions around both poles.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-07-11/empire-editorial-polar-history-sent-s
Opinion
NC man joins fight to save historic Arctic exploration vessel

MOREHEAD CITY, N.C. - A county resident who once served on an historic U.S. Coast Guard ice breaker is now trying to keep that ship from being broken down and sold for scrap.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-07-29/nc-man-joins-fight-save-historic-arctic
State
NTSB: First report on fatal plane crash to be published Friday

The National Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary report on the fatal Air Excursions plane crash near Juneau last week is slated to be published online Friday.

http://juneauempire.com/local/2012-08-09/ntsb-first-report-fatal-plane-crash-be-
Local
Unfinished business: Fund the FAA

If Congress does not reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration by midnight next Friday, the U.S.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-09-12/unfinished-business-fund-faa
Opinion
Russia's rough record on oil environmentalism

USINSK, Russia - On the bright yellow tundra outside this oil town near the Arctic Circle, a pitch-black pool of crude stretches toward the horizon. The source: a decommissioned well whose rusty screws ooze with oil, viscous like jam.

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2011-12-18/russias-rough-record-oil-environmenta
Not For Web
Road funds at risk in some states over highway safety rule

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Stuck in a financial pothole, Missouri's highway department has been selling equipment and eliminating employees to scrounge up enough money to repair its roads.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-01-03/road-funds-risk-some-states-over-highwa
State
Alaska editorial: Port answers

This editorial first appeared in the Anchorage Daily News: Two studies, an audit and an analysis should tell us something about the troubled expansion project at the Port of Anchorage - both what went wrong and how to put things right.

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2012-02-05/alaska-editorial-port-answers
Opinion
US senators move to save old ice breaker from scrap yard

The USS/USCG Glacier is far from her prime and floating in a federal mothball fleet, but both of Alaska's U.S. senators have moved to get the U.S.

http://juneauempire.com/state/2012-04-17/us-senators-move-save-old-ice-breaker-s
State

CONTACT US

  • Switchboard: 907-586-3740
  • Circulation and Delivery: 907-523-2295
  • Newsroom Fax: 907-586-3028
  • Business Fax: 907-586-9097
  • Accounts Receivable: 907-523-2270
  • View the Staff Directory
  • or Send feedback

ADVERTISING

SUBSCRIBER SERVICES

SOCIAL NETWORKING