Alaska News Nightly: Friday, October 18, 2024

U.S Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) addresses the 2024 Alaska Federation of Natives convention on Oct. 18, 2024. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Congresswoman Mary Peltola focuses on subsistence at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention. Plus, a quietly passed house bill aims to attract experienced teachers to Alaska schools. And, a glaciologist says Denali’s Ruth Gorge could be the deepest such chasm on the continent.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Casey Grove, Chris Klint, Emily Schwing in Anchorage
Jamie Diep in Homer
Anna Canny in Juneau
Ben Townsend in Nome
Hannah Flor 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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