Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, February 21, 2023

A man uses a push shovel on the snow covered roof of a house.
Anchorage residents work to clear a roof after almost 2 feet of snow hit the city on December 12, 2022. (Elyssa Loughlin/Alaska Public Media)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

After last week’s fatal roof collapse in Anchorage, residents are wondering if they should shovel. The implications of a shipping boom in the Arctic. Plus, during a recent drug bust in Southeast, the drugs themselves were found in an usual package.

Reports tonight from:

Jeremy Hsieh and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage
Emily Schwing in Nome
Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Brian Venua in Kodiak
and Katie Anastas in Juneau

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