Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, September 12, 2024

Houses hit by landslide debris
Houses on 2nd Avenue destroyed by the landslide on Aug. 25, 2024 (Jack Darrell/KRBD)

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Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Southeast communities confront a future where deadly landslides may be a new normal. Plus, a new facility opens in Anchorage to house homeless elders. And, students attend Yup’ik immersion charter school classes at a brand-new school building in Bethel.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra and Eric Stone in Anchorage
Sage Smiley in Bethel
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Shelby Herbert in Petersburg

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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