Alaska News Nightly: Friday, October 25, 2024

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A pumpkin falls from an airplane at the Kenai Pumpkin Drop on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Hunter Morrison/KDLL)

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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Legislative candidates discuss education funding in the closing days of their campaigns. Plus, Alaskans react to President Biden’s apology for harm caused by federal boarding schools. And, as is tradition, Kenai Peninsula pilots drop pumpkins out of planes.

Reports tonight from:

Casey Grove and Rhonda McBride in Anchorage
Evan Erickson in Bethel
Tim Ellis in Delta Junction
Eric Stone in Juneau
Jack Darrell in Ketchikan
Hunter Morrison in Kenai
Maggie Nelson in Unalaska

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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