Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 15, 2023

A yellow sign says "caution flooding area" near a flooded ditch.
Flooding in the K-Beach area has been affecting properties since the snowmelt in May. (Riley Board / KDLL)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Eugene Peltola’s death has aviation experts calling attention to Alaska’s high rate of small plane crashes. Plus, infants can now be immunized against a common threat in Alaska — RSV. And, a farmer’s market started by Anchorage’s Hmong community grew from a handful of vendors to maximum capacity.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra, Chris Klint, Victoria Petersen and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Riley Board in Kenai

Brian Venua in Kodiak

Desiree Hagen in Kotzebue

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

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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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