Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, July 26, 2023

A "No trespassing mining activity sign" on a tree
A ‘No Trespassing’ sign stands outside of the Fort Knox mine along a public ski and snow machine trail. (Sean McDermott/Grist)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The environmental review process for a large gold mine in Interior Alaska comes under scrutiny. Plus, also tonight, the state education board considers barring trans girls from girls sports.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra, Kavitha George, Tim Rockey and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Robert Woolsey in Sitka

Sean McDermott in Tok

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

a portrait of a man outside

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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