Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, December 26, 2023

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Crews resumed a search along the north fork of Eagle River on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023 for Amanda Richmond, last seen disappearing under ice three days earlier as she tried to rescue one of her dogs. (Courtesy Alaska Dive Search, Rescue and Recovery Team Facebook page)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Juneau’s emergency cold weather shelter is up and running. Plus, beavers are moving north, and impacting their environments when they do. And, Secret Santa is just one of many ways Ambler residents celebrate Christmas.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Francisco Martínezcuello in Bethel

Dan Bross and Robyne in Fairbanks

Jamie Diep in Homer

Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau

Jack Darrell in Ketchikan

Desiree Hagen in Kotzebue

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