Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, June 6, 2024

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Rick Goodfellow ran Ghost Tours of Anchorage for 20 years before deciding to close this year. (Wesley Early/Alaska Public Media)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Federal regulators say Alaska needs tougher limits on pollutants allowed to enter waterways. Plus, businesses in Downtown Anchorage say the city’s struggles with homelessness have hurt their bottom line. And, Alaska’s remoteness means a cyberattack on its infrastructure could cause big problems.

Reports tonight:

Wesley Early, Casey Grove and Tim Rockey in Anchorage
Eric Stone in Juneau
Shelby Herbert in Petersburg
Andy Lusk in Unalaska

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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