Alaska News Nightly: Monday, February 12, 2024

two people shovel a path out of deep snow on a rooftop
General Roofing Co. employee Nevada Hansen shovels a path out on an office building’s roof on Business Park Boulevard in Anchorage on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. A different crew was clearing snow off the rooftop in the background. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska’s U.S. Sens. vote to advance a foreign aid bill with domestic security implications. Plus, Anchorage roofers scramble to clear snow-loads from aging industrial buildings. And, young anglers on the Kenai Peninsula learn to ice fish.

Reports tonight from:

Jeremy Hsieh, Rhonda McBride and Ava White in Anchorage

Tim Ellis in Delta Junction

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Eric Stone in Juneau

Riley Board and Hunter Morrison in Kenai

Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.

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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