Alaska News Nightly: Monday, July 20, 2020

Opponents of the Pebble Mine protested in Anchorage in 2019, arguing that the Corps of Engineers’ environmental review of the mine was inadequate. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Army Corps of Engineers prepares to publish an important Pebble Mine study later this week. And Anchorage officials defend the city’s plan to expand services for the homeless. Plus, the cruise ships may be absent but tourists are still visiting Juneau.

Reports tonight from:

  • Liz Ruskin and Kavitha George in Anchorage
  • Krysti Shallenberger in Bethel
  • Jeremy Hsieh in Juneau
  • Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
  • Robert Woolsey in Sitka

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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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