Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, January 18, 2024

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A Rural Deltana Volunteer Fire Department engine. (From RDVFD Facebook page)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

The federal government will remain funded until early March, after Congress passes a continuing resolution. Plus, Anchorage health officials respond to a possible mumps case at a middle school. And, scientists at UAF track the prehistoric movements of a wooly mammoth.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra and Jeremy Hsieh in Anchorage

Tim Ellis in Delta Junction

Christina McDermott in Dillingham

Robyne in Fairbanks

Desiree Hagen in Kotzebue

Jenny Willoughby in Talkeetna

Sofia Stuart-Rasi in Unalaska

Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.

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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