Alaska News Nightly: Monday, May 8, 2023

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Amanda Dale spends her time tending to her seven-month-old baby, Lena. Dale also has a three-year-old boy who has been on waitlists for child care ever since he was born, and it has been a struggle finding an opening in Anchorage for her son. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

How Alaska’s child care crisis is impacting Anchorage families. Plus, researchers are crowd-sourcing river ice photos to help predict potential floods.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Kavitha George, Jeremy Hsieh, Chris Klint and Tim Rockey in Anchorage

Francisco Martínezcuello in Bethel

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Katie Anastas and Lex Treinen in Juneau

Raegan Miller in Ketchikan

Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with audio engineering from Chris Hyde and producing from Tim Rockey.

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Tim Rockey is the producer of Alaska News Nightly and covers education for Alaska Public Media. Reach him at trockey@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8487. Read more about Tim here.

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