Alaska News Nightly: Friday, January 5, 2024

the Ketchikan Public Library
Clouds hang low in the air behind the Ketchikan Public Library on Wednesday, August 17, 2022. (Eric Stone/KRBD)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly

With thousands of Alaskans mired in a food stamp backlog, officials say a new online application will help. Plus, a judge rules that four Indigenous men wrongly imprisoned for over a decade can sue the city of Fairbanks. And, a battle over book bans in Ketchikan continues.

Reports tonight from

Rachel Cassandra, Wesley Early and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Katie Anastas and Eric Stone in Juneau

Jack Darrell in Ketchikan

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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