Alaska News Nightly: Friday, March 3, 2023

The seal of the state of alaska as seen from below
The seal of the state of Alaska hangs on April 19, 2018, behind the dais where Alaska Supreme Court justices normally hear cases in the Boney Courthouse in Anchorage. (Jeremy Hsieh/KTOO)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

A new bill in the legislature aims to bring back a pension system for public employees. On Kodiak Island, a village fights to keep its hydropower system running. Plus, from trail conditions to this year’s lineup, everything you need to know for the Iditarod.

Reports tonight from:

Kavitha George, Jeremy Hsieh, Wesley Early, and Lex Treinen in Anchorage
Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak
Katie Anastas in Juneau
and Dan Bross in Fairbanks

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

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

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