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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:
Residents evacuate as a tundra fire continues to spread near St. Mary's. Also, tenants in Anchorage face rising rent costs. And the regional director for the federal health department says things here are just different.
Reports tonight from:
Anna Rose MacArthur in Bethel
Wesley Early in Anchorage
Miriam Trujillo in Nome
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
and Sage Smiley in Wrangell
Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Toben Shelby and Katie Anastas.