Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 2, 2022

A woman with a red and blue jacket on drinking coffee
Mary Peltola discusses new ideas with her campaign team on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. (Alaska Public Media/Matt Faubion)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Alaska Native community reacts to Mary Peltola’s special election win. Also, Alaskans will soon have access to new COVID boosters that target the original strain and omicron variants. And a roving grammarian and her Grammar Table visit Anchorage.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Anchorage
Anna Rose MacArthur in Bethel
Katherine Monahan in Petersburg
Desiree Hagen in Homer
and Raegan Miller in Ketchikan

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

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