Newscast – Friday, October 9, 2020

In this newscast: Voting in Juneau’s first by-mail local election ended Tuesday, but results aren’t expected until later Friday; Yakutat has a new health center after nearly six years of planning and construction; Alaska’s U.S. Senate race this year was not expected to be especially competitive -- incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan was predicted to cruise to victory; Industry opponents of a ballot measure to raise oil taxes have donated most of the money given to all Alaska political campaigns at the state level this year.

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In this newscast:

Voting in Juneau’s first by-mail local election ended Tuesday, but results aren’t expected until later Friday.
Yakutat has a new health center after nearly six years of planning and construction.
Alaska’s U.S. Senate race this year was not expected to be especially competitive — incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan was predicted to cruise to victory.
Industry opponents of a ballot measure to raise oil taxes have donated most of the money given to all Alaska political campaigns at the state level this year.