Alaska News Nightly: Friday, September 27, 2024

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Alaska Airlines planes shuffle around and park at various Seattle-Tacoma International Airport gates on Jan. 5, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska Tribal groups sue the federal agency that manages pollock fishing. Plus, Iditarod officials mourn the death of the race’s longtime veterinarian. And, a researcher aims to correct the record on how humans first arrived on the continent.

Reports tonight from:

Rachel Cassandra, Casey Grove, Chris Klint, Rhonda McBride and Ava White in Anchorage
Margaret Sutherland in Dillingham
Michael Fanelli in Ketchikan
Rob Woolsey in Sitka

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 attrockey@alaskapublic.orgor 907-550-8487. Read more about Timhere

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