Search started for missing freighter crewman
Unidentified Indian national reported missing in waters north of Kiska
“Un-Cruise” line boosts Alaska sailings
A Seattle-based tour company is adding another vessel to its Alaska routes.
Empire publisher leaving post
Nine days after the Juneau Empire rolled out a new look and an online paywall, publisher Mark Bryan has resigned.
Juneau Afternoon 4/3/13
Wednesday at 3 on KTOO-FM, Marc Wheeler hosts.
We’ll find out about the screening of “Escape Fire”, this Thursday with guest Erin Michael from the … more
FEMA sets deadline for Juneau to adopt new flood plain maps
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has given the City and Borough of Juneau an August 19th deadline to adopt new flood zone maps.
Prosecutors Will Seek Death Penalty In Colorado Theater Shootings
Rejecting James Holmes’ offer to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence, prosecutors in Colorado announced Monday that they will seek the death penalty for the young man accused of killing 12 people and injuring 58 in a mass shooting last July at a movie theater.
Once Again, Polls Show Attitudes Toward Guns Returning To Pre-shooting Levels
With the Senate soon to vote on initiatives including expanded background checks of gun purchasers and increased penalties for gun trafficking, a scan through data from polls about gun laws underscores how attitudes for the most part seem to be close to pre-Newtown levels.
A State Apart And, Politically, A World Away
On a wide variety of issues — gay marriage, tax policy, implementing Obamacare, the death penalty — states are moving in polar opposite directions from one another.
North Korea’s Latest Threat: It Will Restart Nuclear Reactor
A vow Tuesday from North Korea that it will restart a nuclear reactor that eventually could make about one bomb’s worth of plutonium a year further escalates tensions that were already high due to that nation’s almost daily threats, NPR’s Louisa Lim tells our Newscast Desk.
