Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Four people stand at the front of a room for a press conference
Gail Fenumiai, Division of Elections director, answers questions during a press conference Tuesday, March 22 about the special election process. (Video capture from Facebook livestream)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

A mix of respiratory viruses are putting a strain on Alaska hospitals this Winter. Plus the director of the division of elections retires after a wild, and successful, 2022 election year. And University of Alaska students who do academic research, teaching, and support work are seeking to unionize.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Kavitha George in Anchorage
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Raegan Miller in Ketchikan
Brian Venua in Kodiak
Simon Lopez in Homer

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Chris Hyde and Madilyn Rose.

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Madilyn Rose is the program producer at Alaska Public Media. Reach her atmrose@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Madilynhere.

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