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He rang the bell for statehood 

updated 8:48pm

The man who literally rang the bell for statehood in 1958, and who later became a beloved fixture and icon in the Juneau community, passed away this week. Romer Derr, born in 1936, was 75 years old.

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State, education group announce settlement

01/27/12
State education officials have agreed to spend more to help some struggling rural schools, in exchange for the settlement of a long-running lawsuit in which the state was found to not be meeting ...

Legislators tour local union's job training facility

01/27/12

Legislators toured the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 262 apprenticeship training facility to bring attention to job creation in Alaska. Sens. Bettye Davis, D-Anchorage, Dennis Egan, D-Juneau, Donny Olson, D-Nome and Linda Menard, R-Wasilla, Rep.

Opinion

Outside editorial: Democracy triumphs in Taiwan

The following editorial first appeared in the Kansas City Star:
The presidential election in Taiwan earlier this month handed a second term to incumbent Ma Ying-jeou, and the result allowed Beijing to breathe easier.

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Sports

Crimson-Bears, Falcons ready to grapple at regions

The wrestling season is down to six minutes, or 12 minutes, depending on the number of grapplers in a weight bracket at Saturday's Southeast Region V 4A wrestling championships.

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Outdoors

Southeast energy challenges lead to interest in biomass

Water is abundant in Southeast - it falls freely from the sky throughout the summer and fall, filling rivers and creeks that tumble down our mountains, into the lakes, channels and canals, the bays and straits that wind their way throughout the land.

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Neighbors

A real fixer-upper

When walking through a neighborhood in downtown Juneau, if one isn't too focused on how steep the street is on these icy days, one might notice how old many of the houses are.

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