Alaska News Nightly: Monday, August 28, 2023

a boat parked on a beach
A three-man team of scientists are traveling the middle section of the Yukon River by boat with a local guide this summer. They’re looking for signs of dinosaurs that once roamed here during the early Cretaceous Period, which was around 100 million years ago. (Emily Schwing/KYUK)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

President Joe Biden plans a visit to Anchorage on Sept. 11. Also, scientists rediscover signs of dinosaurs that once roamed right where Alaskans live and fish today. And residents of Quinhagak take pride in — and care of — artifacts recovered nearby, one piece at a time.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early in Anchorage
Emily Schwing out there on the Yukon River
Evan Erickson and Sunni Bean in Bethel
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Brian Venua in Kodiak
Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau
Jamie Diep in Homer

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

Casey Grove is host of Alaska News Nightly, a general assignment reporter and an editor at Alaska Public Media. Reach him at cgrove@alaskapublic.org. Read more about Casey here

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