Alaska News Nightly: Friday, January 21, 2022

Joar Leifseth Ulsom mushes across Finger Lake on Sunday, March 14, 2021 during the 2021 Iditarod. (Loren Holmes / ADN)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Iditarod finalizes its COVID mitigation plan, and at least one popular village won’t be a checkpoint this year. Also, the legal and regulatory battle over a gas leak in Cook Inlet continues. And a look at Kodiak’s pollock season, which started yesterday.

Reports tonight from:

Sabine Poux in Kenai
Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.
Emily Schwing in Girdwood
Dylan Simard and Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak
Angela Denning in Petersburg
and Claire Stremple in Juneau

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

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