Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March 22, 2021

A team of marine mammal experts perform a necropsy on a male sperm whale. (Photo courtesy Johanna Vollenweider/NOAA)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska health officials combat rising vaccine hesitancy in more conservative parts of the state. And, Sitka researchers conduct their first necropsy in five years. Plus, the latest federal stimulus bill could mean extra funds for Alaska families.

Reports tonight from:

  • Nat Herz in Anchorage
  • Jacob Resneck in Juneau
  • Eric Stone in Ketchikan
  • Erin McKinstry in Sitka
  • Dan Bross in Fairbanks
  • Wesley Early in Kotzebue

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