Monday Sept. 8, 2025 KUAC News stories:
1. Fairbanks police evacuated one of the city’s Fred Meyer stores on Saturday evening, after a deactivated mortar shell was left in one of the bathrooms.
2. Alaska’s Department of Education released student assessment results Friday, with most students continuing to test below proficiency in core subject areas.
3. A University of Alaska Anchorage economics professor says President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will have widespread impacts to Alaska in the coming years.
4. A national organization is suing Alaska’s Office of Children’s Services in hopes the court will mandate reforms to a system they say is failing Alaska kids.