Alaska News Nightly: Monday, May 15, 2023

kids in Ketchikan
Children grab for goodies attached to a pabatin at Ketchikan’s Fil-Am Festival on Oct. 15. (Eric Stone/KRBD)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Ice jams bring serious flooding to communities along the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers. Plus, a new vaccine could help prevent a virus that has hit residents in the Y-K Delta especially hard.

Reports tonight from:

Casey Grove and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage

Evan Erickson in Bethel

Tim Ellis in Delta Junction

Tasha Elizarde and Lex Treinen in Juneau

Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak

Greg Knight in Nome

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

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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