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Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School's For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) Lego League team, the Irrationals, took second place in Innovative Robot Design in the International FIRST Lego League Competition in Minneapolis, Minn., last weekend.

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JUNEAU - The Juneau World Affairs Council Forum, on the subject of South Asia, will take place at 9 a.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Juneau Arts & Culture Center.

Former Juneau resident Matt Taintor graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Medicine on May 2 and has matched with the University of Utah residency program. Taintor and his wife, Shireen, will relocate to Utah for the next few years before hopefully returning to Alaska.

Defending Spring King Salmon Derby champion Joseph Castillo said he isn't particularly worried about this season's dismal king salmon forecast.

A strange little procession winds its way across a broad expanse of cobbles and small boulders.

Today: Highpower rifle and sporting rifle, 8:30 a.m. registration, Hank Harmon Rifle Range.

Jaed Coffin is as complex as his dichotomous life. Not only was the 28-year-old a Southeast Alaska middleweight boxing champion in 2004, he's also an ordained Buddhist monk.

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Spring is trying to spring, but the surest sign of spring is my favorite beer festival. The 16th annual Great Alaska Craft Beer and Home Brew Festival will be happening in Haines on Memorial Day weekend, May 23 and 24.

Erik Santos says he's a lifelong pessimist, but a concert tour with tickets upwards of $100 each indicates the Filipino singer is learning to get in touch with his optimistic side.

The Wachowski brothers have tumbled into a matrix of their own with "Speed Racer," one which has rendered them completely out of touch with the outside world.

Since the release of "The Sims 2" in 2004, we've guided the fate of multiple familial generations, made thousands of simoleons, and built countless human cages in our sims' backyards. Those were good times, but it's time to look beyond the steady stream of "Sims 2" expansions and toward the next true installment in the series.