Alaska News Nightly: February 16, 2024

Sen. Jesse Bjorkman, R-Nikiski, exits the Senate chamber after a floor session on Jan. 29, 2024. (Eric Stone/Alaska Public Media)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

State senators press forward with overturning some of the governor’s executive orders. Plus, utilities reject a request for more time to plan for restoring the dammed-up Eklutna River. And, a Fairbanks inventor and his camera-equipped birdhouse will appear on Shark Tank tonight.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Casey Grove and Jeremy Hsieh in Anchorage

Robyne in Fairbanks

Eric Stone in Juneau

Hunter Morrison in Kenai

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, 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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