Alaska News Nightly: Friday, October 15, 2021

A float plane sits on the water in an overcast day.
A float plane departs the small community of Tenakee Springs in February 2020. (Ari Snider/KCAW)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Federal Aviation Administration releases recommendations to improve air safety in Alaska. Also, the Episcopal church in Alaska will investigate its history of boarding schools in the state. And Skagway says goodbye to the last cruise ship of a shortened season.

Reports tonight from:

Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Nat Herz and Wesley Early in Anchorage
Greg Kim in Bethel
Sheli DeLaney in Juneau
and Mike Swasey in Skagway

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, produced by Annie Feidt, with audio engineering by Toben Shelby.

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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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