Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Three students play with a ball outside.
Elementary school students play at recess on the first day of school in Napakiak, Aug. 11, 2021. (Katie Basile/KYUK and The Washington Post)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

University of Alaska students sue the state government over scholarship funds. Also, friends and state leaders remember philanthropist Ed Rasmuson. And riverbank erosion puts a Napakiak school at the top of the state’s construction list.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman and Claire Stremple in Juneau
Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.
Lex Treinen in Anchorage
Greg Kim and Olivia Ebertz in Bethel
and Sabine Poux in Kenai

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Toben Shelby and Katie Anastas.

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