Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 14, 2022

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) speak at Peltola’s ceremonial swearing-in event in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The House Natural Resources Committee welcomes Rep. Mary Peltola. Also, the investigations of Anchorage’s former health director and his own comments about the lies he told. Community theater returns to Wrangell with a production of “The Sound of Music.”

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Curtis Gilbert in St. Paul
Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak
Raegan Miller in Ketchikan
and Sage Smiley in Wrangell

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

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