Alaska News Nightly: Monday, February 13, 2023

sailors recover balloon
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Feb. 5, 2023. U.S. fighter aircraft shot down balloon the day before. (Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tyler Thompson/U.S. Navy)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Sen. Dan Sullivan asks for more transparency from the White House on the object shot down off Alaska’s coast. Also, more Alaskans are having their food stamp benefits restored, but the long backlog continues. And lawmakers welcome valentines from kids, with a message on the education budget.

Reports tonight from:

Jeremy Hsieh and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage
Claire Stremple and Katie Anastas in Juneau
Brian Venua in Kodiak
and Robert Woolsey in Sitka

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

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

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