Alaska News Nightly: Friday, July 21, 2023

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Fishing crews anchored at the Naknek River mouth in protest on Friday, July 21, 2023. (Jack Darrell/KDLG)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Head Start programs in Alaska could lose millions in federal funding, because of under enrollment. Also, the state pushes back on research that says predator control doesn’t work. And young burn survivors get hooked on Alaska.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early in Anchorage
Jessie Sheldon in Naknek
Riley Board in Kenai
and Angela Denning in Petersburg

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

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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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