Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 7, 2024

A man walks up a set of stairs as water pours into his home.
Buddy Krick wades through water inside his house on Long Drive following Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood on Tuesday, August 6, 2024. (Clarise Larson/KTOO)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Gov. Dunleavy issues a state disaster declaration after record glacial-outburst flooding in Juneau. Plus, a District Court Judge rules that challenged Mat-Su school library books must be returned to shelves. And, far removed from the road system, Bethel residents find odds and ends at the local landfill.

Reports tonight from:

Casey Grove, Liz Ruskin, Tim Rockey and Anisa Vietze in Anchorage
Evan Erickson and Sage Smiley in Bethel
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Anna Canny and Clarise Larson in Juneau

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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