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Photos: Huskies season comes to an end

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Photos: Huskies season comes to an end

Juneau had no answer to South Anchorage’s big second half.

Photos: Rolling with the Juneau Rollergirls

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Photos: Rolling with the Juneau Rollergirls

It’s not as easy as they make it look.

Photos: Learning to skate with the Rollergirls

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Photos: Learning to skate with the Rollergirls

Empire reporter takes one for the team.

Photos: Juneau residents run through the rain for mental health

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Photos: Juneau residents run through the rain for mental health

They didn’t give up.

Artists Abel Ryan, left, Tanna Peters, center, and Nobu Koch hold masks they made for the Mask-erade fundraising event put on by the Friends of the Alaska State Library, Archives and Museum to be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 8 to 11 p.m. Nine artists created masks to be auctioned off at the dance. Live music will be provided by Susu and the Prophets. Masks can be made Saturday 1-3:30 p.m. Watch the video below to learn more about the masks and the artist who made them. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Video: Artists behind the Mask-erade

The masks will be auctioned off to benefit state museum.

Laron Carlton Graham hugs his defense attorney Natasha Norris after a jury found him not guilty for the November 2015 shooting deaths of 36-year-old Robert H. Meireis and 34-year-old Elizabeth K. Tonsmeire in Juneau Superior Court on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Video: Emotional reaction after verdict read in court

Watch the jury verdict announcement.

Laron Carlton Graham waits for closing arguments to begin in Juneau Superior Court on Monday. Watch the video below. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Video: Attorneys deliver closing arguments in double murder trial

Six-week trial goes to the jury.

Jessica Spurrier, the Juneau Opioid Work Group Facilitator for JAMHI Health & Wellness, Inc., holds up a drug deactivation bag on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019. The bags make unused prescriptions safe to dispose of. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Video: How to destory your narcotics

Bags available at most pharmacies

Photos: Scenes from October’s First Friday

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Photos: Scenes from October’s First Friday

A few events around town.

Photos: Huskies win conference title

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Photos: Huskies win conference title

High scoring game in hard driving rain.

Photos: See the Falcons fly high in crosstown volleyball match

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Photos: See the Falcons fly high in crosstown volleyball match

Thunder Mountain hosted Juneau-Douglas.

Photos: Pedals Douglas Dirt Derby brings tire treads to Treadwell trail

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Photos: Pedals Douglas Dirt Derby brings tire treads to Treadwell trail

Fun in the mud.

Photos: Sneak peek of Auke Bay’s newst craft brewery, Forbidden Peak Brewery

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Photos: Sneak peek of Auke Bay’s newst craft brewery, Forbidden Peak Brewery

New craft brewery will offer 10 different beers at opening.

Photos: Election Day and Night

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Photos: Election Day and Night

Voters have they say on ballot measures.

Photos: Freshman stars at Region V Tennis Tourney

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Photos: Freshman stars at Region V Tennis Tourney

Eight players to go to state championships.

Steve Henrikson, Curator of Collections at the Alaska State Museum, displays a plastic replica of a Tlingit throwing stick before his presentation on spear throwing with Richard VanderHoek, State Archaeologist with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources’ Office of History and Archaeology, as part of the “Sharing Our Knowledge” conference on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Video: Spear throws in action

A quick snap is all it takes.

Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, spreads out newly-collected food waste and compostable material at her half-acre site in Lemon Creek on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019. Daugherty is offering to take home owners’ leaves this fall. Daugherty has put up signs where to deposit leaves, but not plastic bags, at her business on Ralph’s Way. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Leave your leaves here: Leaf drive underway in Juneau

Don’t just throw them away.

Photos and Video: Sculpin hat returns to Tlingit clan

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Photos and Video: Sculpin hat returns to Tlingit clan

Video and photos of today’s ceremony.

Video: Conference features Southeast tribes, culture bearers and academics

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Video: Conference features Southeast tribes, culture bearers and academics

Sharing Our Knowledge returns to the capital city.

Evan Fabrello, 17, stands on a staircase he built this summer on the Favorite Channel Beach Access Trail on Monday, Sept. 23, 2019. Learn more by watching the video below (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)

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Video: This Juneau high schooler just made your beach access easier

Check out this senior’s Eagle Scout project.