Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 6, 2022

people in a boat pull up a net
The Pilot Station sonar site has two counting stations on the banks of the lower Yukon River. (ADFG photo)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Subsistence chinook and chum salmon fishing at the Yukon River will likely stay closed through the end of the season. Also, thunderstorms and dry weather keep Alaska’s fire season raging. And the future of oil and gas leases in Cook Inlet.

Reports tonight from:

Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Anna Rose MacArthur in Bethel
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Wesley Early in Anchorage
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Claire Stremple in Juneau
and Katherine Rose 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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