Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Five Alaska Airlines planes parked at gates
Alaska Airlines planes are parked at several Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport gates on Jan. 5, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaskans are still stranded across the country as nasty weather keeps planes grounded. And a new federal committee is working to change derogatory names on American landmarks. Plus researchers are bouncing a radio signal from Alaska off a far-out space object.

Reports tonight from:

Sabine Poux in Kenai
Wesley Early and Hannah Bissett in Anchorage
Katie Anastas in Juneau
Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Robyne in Fairbanks
and Sage Smiley in Wrangell

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

Madi Rose

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

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