Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 2, 2023

A shopper uses gloves while getting groceries at the Fred Meyer on Northern Lights on April 7th, 2020. (Hannah Lies/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaskans wonder if high grocery prices will continue in the new year. Also, a new air traffic control tower planned for Anchorage will be Alaska’s tallest building. And a Fairbanks hotel’s aurora globe offers a new northern lights experience.

Reports tonight from:

Jeremy Hsieh and Michael Fanelli in Anchorage
Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau
Theo Greenly in Unalaska
and Robyne in Fairbanks

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

Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Casey here

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