Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, December 21, 2023

a square building with a large black chimney with a sign that reads "Trident Seafoods"
Trident Seafoods’ Kodiak facility is known as ‘The Star of Kodiak’ in the island’s downtown. Photo taken Oct. 11, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Military members still haven’t received cold-weather incentive pay that passed Congress last year. Plus, fishermen in Kodiak react to news that Trident is selling a third of its Alaska fish processing plants. And, Anchorage Waldorf School students celebrate the Winter Solstice.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Chris Klint, Rhonda McBride and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Eric Stone in Juneau

Brian Venua in Kodiak

Colette Czarnecki in Wrangell

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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