Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Slushy and watery roads near a gas station.
The full service Capital Service gas station in downtown on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

After pushback from Alaska and other states, Washington changes course on a new gas tax. Also, a COVID-positive Iditarod musher gets a four-time champion to take his place. And how an Anchorage artist is raising awareness of self-harm.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman and Bridget Dowd in Juneau
Tom Banse in Olympia
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Anne Hillman in Anchorage
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Maggie Nelson in Unalaska
and Robert Woolsey in Sitka

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

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