Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, February 3, 2022

COVID at-home test
An AccessBio CareStart COVID-19 antigen home test. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

As Alaska’s omicron surge begins to wane, case numbers are still high. Also, a historic settlement between Native American and Alaska Native tribes and opioid manufacturers. And how one crochet artist turned COVID data into something cozy.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Robert Woolsey in Sitka
Robyne and Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Anna Rose MacArthur in Bethel
and Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak

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

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