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How do crabs, spiders and slugs breathe?

How do crabs, spiders and slugs breathe?

It’s not how you think.

How do crabs, spiders and slugs breathe?
Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, uses a front-end loader to move wood chips to used in her business on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Lisa Daugherty, owner of Juneau Composts!, uses a front-end loader to move wood chips to used in her business on Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)
Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019

Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019
Readers’ Choice Awards: The Best of Juneau 2019

Readers’ Choice Awards: The Best of Juneau 2019

Here’s who won.

Readers’ Choice Awards: The Best of Juneau 2019
Michael Clinkscales, a former sea pilot in whose memory the scholarship was created. (Courtesy photo | Clinkscales family)
Michael Clinkscales, a former sea pilot in whose memory the scholarship was created. (Courtesy photo | Clinkscales family)
Alaska blackfish in a world of its own

Alaska blackfish in a world of its own

Meet an evolutionary loner.

Alaska blackfish in a world of its own
Anniversary: Steven Rathbun, Isabelle Depa celebrate year anniversary

Anniversary: Steven Rathbun, Isabelle Depa celebrate year anniversary

Happy one year anniversary to my husband Steven Rathbun! Thank you for being right by my side through all of the huge moments we’ve shared… Continue reading

Anniversary: Steven Rathbun, Isabelle Depa celebrate year anniversary
December student recognition at JDHS

December student recognition at JDHS

Recognizing Juneau’s youth.

December student recognition at JDHS
The Alaska State Fish Art competition will be held with entries due by March 31, 2020. (Courtesy Photo | Forest Service)
The Alaska State Fish Art competition will be held with entries due by March 31, 2020. (Courtesy Photo | Forest Service)
(Dan Gold | Unsplash)

Gimme a Smile: Put a Sweater On

Adapt and survive, but don’t touch the thermostat.

(Dan Gold | Unsplash)
Workers at the Department of Law in Juneau donated more than $2,000 and more than 1,000 pounds of food to charities this year. (Courtesy photo | Department of Law)

Juneau Department of Law branch gets in the giving spirit

They donated more than $2,000 dollars and more than 1,000 pounds of food.

Workers at the Department of Law in Juneau donated more than $2,000 and more than 1,000 pounds of food to charities this year. (Courtesy photo | Department of Law)
Living & Growing: Resolution Ramblings

Living & Growing: Resolution Ramblings

Life itself is single handedly the most uncontrollable force out there.

Living & Growing: Resolution Ramblings
Opinion: Murkowski’s op-ed about drug prices is just lip service
Opinion: Murkowski’s op-ed about drug prices is just lip service
Opinion: The recall and our constitutional right to sign petitions

Opinion: The recall and our constitutional right to sign petitions

Signing a petition is really an extension of our voting rights.

Opinion: The recall and our constitutional right to sign petitions
Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019

Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019

This report contains public information available to the Empire from law enforcement and public safety agencies. This report includes arrest and citation information, not conviction… Continue reading

Police calls for Sunday, Dec. 29, 2019
Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how their department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis at a public forum hosted by NAMI Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
Juneau Police Department Detective Sterling Salisbury discusses how their department uses Crisis Intervention Team training to improve their response to individuals in mental health crisis at a public forum hosted by NAMI Juneau at Bartlett Regional Hospital on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire)
West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’
West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation ‘home run’
Photo: JDHS hockey alums square off

Photo: JDHS hockey alums square off

Reliving the glory days.

Photo: JDHS hockey alums square off
Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?
Column: What’s the dollar value of wild salmon produced by the Tongass and the Chugach?
In this October 2015 photo, a momentary dash of sun creates a double rainbow over downtown Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)

Opinion: Communitywide New Year’s resolutions – why not?

Make a resolution for the community.

In this October 2015 photo, a momentary dash of sun creates a double rainbow over downtown Juneau. (Michael Penn | Juneau Empire File)