Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019

A National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator examines the crashed Saab 2000 plane in Unalaska on Saturday, Oct. 19. NTSB officials said the suspension of the community’s regular flight service is not a result of the ongoing inquiry. (LAURA KRAEGEL/KUCB)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Questions about safety procedures after the fatal plane crash in Dutch Harbor last week. Also: A plan to ship liquefied natural gas from Alaska’s North coast with ice-breaking tankers. And moving day has finally arrived for the first wave of Newtok residents being relocated.

Reports tonight from:

  • Nat Herz in Anchorage
  • Laura Kraegel in Unalaska
  • Dan Bross in Fairbanks
  • Wesley Early in Kotzebue
  • Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
  • Shady Grove Oliver at Disneyland
  • Greg Kim in Mertarvik
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Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him atcgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Caseyhere

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