Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 2, 2021

A four story concrete building
Alaska State Capitol building (left) and Dimond Courthouse, Juneau, Alaska, January. 23, 2017. (Skip Gray/360 North)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

As businesses and other entities reopen, the Alaska Legislature remains closed to the public. And, after a year with no tourists, Glacier Bay National Park prepares for a big season. Plus, just 16% of incarcerated Alaskans were released on discretionary parole last year.

Reports tonight from:

  • Nat Herz and Claire Stremple in Juneau
  • Dan Bross in Fairbanks
  • Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
  • Lex Treinen and Kavitha George in Anchorage
  • Izzy Ross in Dillingham
  • Sabine Poux and Elizabeth Earl in Kenai
  • Robert Woolsey in Sitka

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