Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, March 15, 2022

a musher with a microphone under the Iditarod burled arch
Brent Sass wins the 2022 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race at 5:38 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15, 2022 in Nome. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy says the new revenue forecast will allow the Legislature to spend more on PFDs. Brent Sass claims his first Iditarod victory. And a Southeast community partners with the Office of Children’s Services to bring a case worker back to town.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman and Olivia Ebertz in Juneau
Lex Treinen in Nome
Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak
Greg Kim in Bethel
Sage Smiley in Wrangell
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
and Robyne in Fairbanks

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

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