Newscast – Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025

In this newscast:

  • The Juneau School Board swore in three members and honored two outgoing members at a meeting Tuesday,
  • Though Alaskans approved ranked-choice voting nearly 5 years ago, the debate about whether it actually benefits voters persists. At a Chamber of Commerce luncheon this afternoon, two speakers shared what they think of the system,
  • Juneau’s new hydroelectric utility passed one of its last hurdles this week toward expanding the capital city’s energy grid,
  • A beloved maintenance employee at the University of Alaska Southeast starred in a low-budget sci-fi comedy a decade ago. This week, some UAS students screened the film to honor their friendly campus handy-man

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