Newscast – Monday, Sept. 8, 2025

In this newscast:

  • A Sitka Grand Jury indicted a Juneau man Thursday for allegedly assaulting two men at a demonstration in downtown Sitka.
  • Fairbanks police evacuated one of the city’s Fred Meyer locations on Saturday evening, after a deactivated mortar shell was left in the grocery store’s bathroom.
  • The University of Alaska Board of Regents introduced changes to the University’s antidiscrimination policy around hiring and recruitment on Friday.
  • Alaska students’ test scores improved modestly last school year, according to results released Friday by the Department of Education and Early Development.
  • One of Petersburg’s most popular trail systems on Mitkof Island recently got an upgrade with help from out-of-towners.

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