Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 16, 2019

Alaska Public Media | By Casey Grove

Published September 16, 2019 at 9:46 PM AKDT

A blue and white ferry in the left hand side of the image sails in foggy weather and a foggy mountain in the background — The Aurora, a 235-foot Alaska state ferry, approaches the dock in Whittier, its departure point for its trip across Prince William Sound to Cordova. (Nat Herz/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

State budget cuts mean coastal communities are preparing for months-long gaps in ferry service. Also: Scientists investigate another year of mysterious seabird die-offs.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman in Juneau
Nat Herz in Cordova
Renee Gross in Homer
Davis Hovey in Nome
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Robert Woolsey in Sitka
Emily Hofstaedter in Nome

Alaska News Nightly

Casey Grove

Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org.

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