Alaska News Nightly: Monday, November 1, 2021

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Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson speaking at a conference of vaccine skeptics in Anchorage on Oct. 30, 2021.

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Anchorage’s mayor speaks alongside prominent vaccine skeptics and proponents of unproven COVID-19 treatments. Also, Girdwood officials work to restore access to infrastructure and neighborhoods. And a debate in Wrangell over whether ancient petroglyphs were recently vandalized.

Reports tonight from:

Lex Treinen and Wesley Early in Anchorage
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Emily Schwing in Girdwood
Tyler Thompson in Dillingham
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Mary Auld in Fairbanks
and Sage Smiley in Wrangell

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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