Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 4, 2024

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A semi truck in Turnagain Arm at about 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The ballot is set for November’s general election after several Republican candidates drop out. Plus, the ACLU files an injunction to protect a student in their lawsuit over the Mat-Su school district’s bathroom policy. And, a Ketchikan biologist uncovers the hidden worlds found in coastal tidepools.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra, Wesley Early, Chris Klint and Tim Rockey in Anchorage
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Robyne in Fairbanks
Jack Darrell in Ketchikan
Andy Lusk in Unalaska

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Wesley Early, 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 attrockey@alaskapublic.orgor 907-550-8487. Read more about Timhere

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