Newscast – Wednesday, August 27, 2025

In this newscast:

  • Juneau’s Back Loop Bridge is now open again for traffic two weeks after suffering damage from Juneau’s record-breaking glacial outburst flood,
  • Petersburg’s school buildings and surrounding area were on lockdown for over an hour yesterday afternoon after police received a false report of a person with an AR-15 gun in a school bathroom,
  • Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s 30-day special session ends this weekend, and lawmakers don’t plan to meet at the Capitol again,
  • The Juneau School District Board of Education unanimously accepted nearly $120,000 in grant funding for one of its alternative schools,
  • Southeast Alaska’s regional tribe is calling for the City and Borough of Sitka to reverse a decision denying the construction of a tall tower in a neighborhood,
  • A new app could alert Nome residents when people go missing

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