Alaska News Nightly: Monday, February 6, 2023

A musher seen in profile going down a river
Matt Hall’s team approaches the finish of the 2022 Yukon Quest 350-mile race (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

A teenager is sentenced for a series of arson attacks near Fairbanks. Also, a new daycare focused on Hmong language and culture opens in Anchorage. And dogs and mushers enjoy good racing conditions on the Yukon Quest trail.

Reports tonight from:

Rhonda McBride, Emily Schwing, Wesley Early and Jeremy Hsieh in Anchorage
Anna Canny in Juneau
Lex Treinen in Fairbanks
and Desiree Hagen in Homer

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

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

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