Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 27, 2023

A humpback whale's tail is visible at the surface of the ocean, trailed by a red plume.
A fecal plume rising from behind the tail of a humpback whale. (Photo courtesy of Martin van Aswegen, collected under National Marine Fisheries Service Permit Number 19703)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Trident Seafoods plans a state of the art processing plant in Unalaska that will be the largest in North America. Plus, Anchorage sees historic growth in low-income housing units.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Jeremy Hsieh and Tim Rockey in Anchorage

Sunni Bean in Bethel

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Riley Board in Kenai

Thomas Copeland in Petersburg

Theo Greenly in Unalaska

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Wesley Early, 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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