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Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, December 29, 2022

Sen. Sullivan says Russian agression in Ukraine shows the need for the U.S. to build its military in the Arctic. Here, Marines prepare for Artic Edge exercise at Fort Greely in 2018. (Cpl. Bethanie Ryan/U.S. Marine Corps)
Sen. Sullivan says Russian agression in Ukraine shows the need for the U.S. to build its military in the Arctic. Here, Marines prepare for Artic Edge exercise at Fort Greely in 2018. (Cpl. Bethanie Ryan/U.S. Marine Corps)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska's military service members are set to get higher pay in 2023. The Ketchikan School District could be on the hook for huge health insurance payments. And a former Olympian turned Homer high school coach talks about her work in advocacy.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Robert Woolsey in Sitka
Desiree Hagen in Homer
and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage

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

Madilyn Rose is the program producer at Alaska Public Media. Reach her at mrose@alaskapublic.org.