Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019

Carlin “Buckwheat” Donahue after getting his face painted for the “Life is a Circus” race in 2014. Donahue, a Skagway legend, died this week. (Image courtesy of the Log Cabin Ski Society)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Questions about the governor’s relationship with the Alaska Federation of Natives. Also: A proposal to fully exempt Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule draws criticism.

Reports tonight from:

  • Elizabeth Jenkins in Juneau
  • Nat Herz in Anchorage
  • Emily Hofstaedter in Nome
  • Katherine Rose in Sitka
  • Wesley Early in Kotzebue
  • Krysti Shallenberger in Bethel
  • Tim Ellis in Fairbanks
  • Claire Stremple in Haines

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. Read more about Casey here

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