UncategorizedPhotos: Best photos from 2016 by Tripp J Crouse December 30, 2016 by Tripp J Crouse, KTOO Share: Mount Juneau bears the recent Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, snowfall that fell on Alaska’s capital city about midday. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) KTOO’s city government reporter Jacob Resneck interviews Juneau Mayor Ken Koelsch on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Della Cheney, left, and Clarissa Rizal work on braiding the side borders for the Weavers Across Waters Chilkat/Ravenstail community robe on Monday, August 22, 2016, at the Sealaska Heritage Institute, Juneau. One of three of Rizal’s daughters, Lily Hope watches the weavers work on the robe, which will be part of the Huna Tribal House opening celebration. Hope is also an accomplished weaver, actress and storyteller. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Clarissa Rizal is an artist who specializes in the design and creation of Tlingit regalia, including Chilkat and Ravenstail robes and weavings. Rizal regularly conducts workshops and apprenticeships to help revive the Chilkat style of weaving. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Clarissa Rizal’s fingers dexterously manipulate the various colors of yarn Monday afternoon, August 22, 2016, as she works on the side borders of the Weavers Across Waters Chilkat/Ravenstail community robe. Rizal estimates that it takes her an hour to weave one inch of the side border, which means the robe is incredibly time intensive. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Clarissa Rizal unpins a block to show the details in the weave. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Workers from North Pacific Erectors Inc. of Douglas install a new sign at Foodland IGA in downtown Juneau. Store director Rick Wilson said the installation should be completed Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Stephanie Davis applies a stippling makeup effect to her jawline to create the illusion of facial hair stubble. Davis, who portrayed Stevie Smalls, one of the drag kings in the Femme Fatale show Friday at Rendezvous in downtown Juneau. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Raven Natkong dances in the spotlight at Rendezvous during Friday’s amateur drag show. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Juneau police officers search Wednesday afternoon a property in the 300 block of Village Street in downtown Juneau after serving a search warrant on the property. Items from recent burglaries were recovered, including stolen property from The Observatory bookstore, Lt. David Campbell said. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Amy Karpstein uses a drill to carve small holes into her pumpkin at Juneau Makerspace in Lemon Creek on Monday, October 24, 2016. Karpstein was one of seven people using the space during an open studio night. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Steve Henrikson gives a presentation Thursday, Dec.1, 2016, on wearable armor worn by northern Northwest Coast Natives at the Sealaska Heritage Institute in downtown Juneau.. Henrikson is Alaska State Museum’s curator of collections. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Many people wait in line for the Alaska Governor’s Mansion annual holiday open house on Tuesdsay, Dec. 6, 2016 in Juneau. Musical entertainment and heaters were available for people under the tent, while some volunteers passed out hot apple cider and treats to those waiting in the open. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) A young visitor watches a model train travel around its tracks in a winter display at the Alaska Governor’s Mansion annual holiday open house on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 in Juneau. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO) Authorities inspect the area around a vehicle found on its side in Gold Creek near Cope Park on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. (Photo by Tripp J Crouse/KTOO)