Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, February 9, 2023

The front entrance of a high school
Ketchikan High School (Leila Kheiry/KRBD)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Kodiak residents have safety concerns after last month’s failed rocket launch. School districts around the state have to make tough calls in the face of budget deficits. Plus a surprising second-place team gave Yukon Quest veterans a run for their money.

Reports tonight from:

Sabine Poux in Kenai
Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak
Eric Stone and Raegan Miller in Ketchikan
Katie Anastas in Juneau
and Lex Treinen in Fairbanks

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with audio engineering from Dave Emmert 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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