Alaska News Nightly: Friday, January 20, 2023

A ferry at a port
The Matanuska docked on Friday, February 7, 2020 at the Auke Bay ferry terminal in Juneau, Alaska.(Photo by Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Confusion over discrepancies in Representative Mary Peltola’s educational record. Families are stuck abroad after the Marine Highway System pulled a ferry from service. Plus Soldotna looks at creating a more walkable – and business friendly – downtown.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
Kavitha George in Juneau
Katherine Rose in Sitka
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Sabine Poux in Soldotna
and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage

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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