Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, September 25, 2024

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski at the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 31, 2023. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Congress passes a bill to keep government funded until mid December. Plus, Anchorage Police reckon with the increase in fatal police shootings. And, Wasilla’s only book store hosts an event celebrating banned books.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Casey Grove and Tim Rockey in Anchorage
Jamie Diep in Homer
Clarise Larson in Juneau
Hunter Morrison in Kenai
Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.

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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