Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Mary Peltola has been fishing on the Kuskokwim since she was a child. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Democrat Mary Peltola has won the special election for Alaska’s U.S. House seat. Also, police say a Ketchikan man picked up a half million dollars worth of illegal drugs. And after a multi-year lawsuit, cruise lines sign an agreement with the city of Juneau.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin and Kavitha George in Anchorage
Jeremy Hsieh in Juneau
Maria Dudzak and Raegan Miller in Ketchikan
Angela Denning in Petersburg
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
and Riley Board in Nikiski

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

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