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We went to the moon in 1969, a moment where time stopped and the world watched. That same year, President Nixon gave Alaska a gift from outer space, a souvenir from the moon. Those moon rocks from Apollo 11 were on display at an Anchorage transportation museum in 1973, when the building was torched by an arsonist. That's when the rocks disappeared. They were missing until late 2010 when former Alaska resident, Arther Anderson - the foster son of the museum's director - asked a Superior Court judge to declare him the owner of the rocks.

The Division of Elections will recount the ballots casted for the House District 34 race today in Juneau. The recount will take place this morning at the Division of Elections office in downtown Juneau. Representative Bill Thomas requested the recount last Wednesday. Thomas is trailing Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins by 34 votes. The House District 34 seat encompasses several southeast Alaska communities.   Contact Jessica Ridgway  

Gov. Sean Parnell has announced the date for the annual Christmas and holiday open house at the Governor's Mansion in Juneau. The celebration will take place Tuesday, Dec. 11 from 3 p.m. until 6 p.m. People with special accessibility needs are invited to call 907-465-3500 to arrange for a facilitated entry between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. The mansion was built in 1912 and is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. In honor of the centennial celebration, a “Polar Express” theme will be incorporated into the Winter Wonderland display, complete with a conductor on hand to stamp each child's train ticket, and bells will be doled out as holiday souvenirs as children exit the house.

Joaqlin Estus, a Tlingit, is news director at KNBA Radio. Estus is a veteran radio producer, who has worked at KTOO in Juneau and Minneapolis Public Radio.

Despite consistent results on the field over the course of the last decade, the football program at Juneau High School will move down a classification starting in 2013.  Crimson Bears head coach Rich Sjoroos confirmed to Channel 2 that Juneau will be members of the medium schools division in the Southeast Conference.  The addition of the Crimson Bears gives the medium schools division 10 teams, four of which reside in the Southeast Conference. ...

West Valley claimed a playoff spot in the large school state football playoffs with a 47-28 win over Juneau on Saturday.  The result leaves The Wolfpack, Crimson Bears, and Colony Knights deadlocked with 3 and 3 Railbelt Conference records to close the regular season.  A tiebreaking system that rewards the team with the highest point differential between the three tied schools in head to head competition only elevated West Valley to...

Late Friday evening, just before midnight, Anchorage Police responded to the scene of a pedestrian versus vehicle collision that took the life of 53-year-old Jill Lebert of Juneau. Shortly after 11:30 p.m., Police responded to the area of Tudor Road and Wright Street.  According to witnesses, the pedestrian was crossing Tudor Road when she was struck by a 1998 Pontiac minivan headed west, being driven by 28-year-old Crystal Lockuk of Anchorage. Westbound traffic was blocked for about two hours while investigators processed the scene.

A Juneau man was arrested Sunday night by Alaska State Troopers on the Chena River near Fairbanks, where he was allegedly floating on a raft with several times the legal blood-alcohol content to operate a watercraft. Troopers received reports of a “heavily intoxicated” man floating down the river in a raft shortly after 6:30 p.m. Sunday. An Alaska Wildlife Troopers patrol boat was soon able to stop the raft, carrying 32-year-old William Modene, near the Parks Highway bridge. “Modene had been floating on the river for the day and consuming alcoholic beverages the entire time,” troopers wrote.

The Juneau Douglas Crimson Bears won the 2012 Alaska State Baseball Championship 12-6 over the Ketchakan Kings Saturday.  Senior pitcher Lance Ibesate put forth a herculean effort driving in 5 runs including a 5th inning grand slam that put significant distance between the two clubs.  After the game, and through a pie covered face, Ibesate talked about his big hit saying "I was hoping it was out but I knew it was going to be deep, I...