Alaska News Nightly: Monday, March 21, 2022

A musher and a dog team
Apayauq and Ketil Reitan in Kotzebue during the 2019 Kobuk 440 sled dog race. (Shady Grove Oliver)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

State leaders on both sides of the aisle remember Rep. Don Young. Also, the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services will be split in two. The Iditarod wraps up, and mushers compete in Fairbanks.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin and Wesley Early in Anchorage
Andrew Kitchenman in Juneau
Robert Woolsey in Sitka
Angela Denning in Petersburg
Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak
and Dan Bross 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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