Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019

Kake Tribal Council President Joel Jackson, second from left, prepares to testify to the U.S. House Subcommittee on Public Lands. Photo: Liz Ruskin

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

At a U.S. House hearing today, people for and against the Roadless Rule in the Tongass National Forest said removing the restrictions won’t make much difference for the logging industry. Plus: Unalaska’s regular flights are set to resume tomorrow, nearly a month after Ravn Air Group shut down service in the wake of a fatal plane crash.

Reports tonight from:

  • Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
  • Nat Herz and Zachariah Hughes in Anchorage
  • Laura Kraegel in Unalaska
  • Jacob Resneck in Juneau
  • Henry Leasia in Haines
  • Erin McKinstry in Anaktuvak Pass

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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