Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 21, 2022

A woman in a pink jacket holds a plastic bag in front of produce shelves at a grocery store.
Natasha Price looks for sale produce at Carrs in South Anchorage on Thursday, July 14, 2022. (Kavitha George/AKPM)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Anchorage police officers exchange gunfire with a man at a campground opened to the homeless. Also, how inflation is impacting Alaskans’ grocery bills. And amid low salmon runs, a Yukon River processor is selling vegetables instead of fish.

Reports tonight from:

Lex Treinen, Kavitha George and Michael Fanelli in Anchorage
Dan Bross and Robyne in Fairbanks
Olivia Ebertz in Bethel
Dylan Simard in Kodiak
Sabine Poux in Kenai
and Katherine Moncure in Dillingham

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

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