Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, July 23, 2024

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A group of cow parsnip plants grow along a bike trail near University of Alaska in Anchorage on Monday, July 23, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Congresswoman Mary Peltola declines to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for President. Plus, fisheries experts say the rising cost of doing business is pricing people out of the industry. And, an insect outbreak turned out to be valuable to the Tongass National Forest.

Reports tonight from:

Casey Grove, Jeremy Hsieh, Chris Klint and Ava White in Anchorage
Eric Stone in Juneau
Hunter Morrison in Kenai
Shelby Herbert in Petersburg
Sofia Stuart-Rasi 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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