Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, April 12, 2022

An open Parking lot with various cars in it and trees surrounding.
The area where the city plans to build a 29,000 square foot navigation center for homeless adults. Officials say the shelter, which will sit on the parking lot on the far (west) end of the Anchorage Police Department impound lot next to the old APD headquarters on Tudor and Elmore roads. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Homeless families in Anchorage are living in hotel rooms, waiting for more permanent housing. Remembering trail blazing Alaska politician Arliss Sturgulewski. And Delta Junction is preparing to welcome Ukranian refugees to town.

Reports tonight from:

Jacob Resneck in Juneau
Lex Treinen and Kavitha George in Anchorage
Robert Woolsey in Sitka
and Tim Ellis in Delta Junction

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

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