Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

In this newscast:

  • Juneau School District’s high school graduation rate went up after the first year of consolidating schools,
  • Half a dozen helicopter crews and other aircraft have worked since the weekend to move people and supplies where they’re needed in the storm-battered Kuskokwim Delta,
  • Volunteers in Juneau are offering free lunches for federal employees who were furloughed when the government shut down on Oct. 1st,
  • Sealaska Heritage Institute opened its new science education building Monday,
  • Escalating tensions between the U.S. and Canada fueled fears last winter that Canadians would respond by canceling cross-border visits to Alaska this summer, but a full-scale boycott never seemed to materialize

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