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Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, December 9, 2020

A sign that says "face masks required" in a hallway
A sign at Redington Sr. Jr/Sr High School in Wasilla, requiring face masks on September 21, 2020. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Some local leaders are unhappy with Governor's Dunleavy's reluctance to implement a mask mandate. And, a vote to close a significant portion of Upper Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing. Plus, how a Canadian man ended up driving an American family a thousand miles to the border.

Reports tonight from:

  • Liz Ruskin in Washington D.C.
  • Nat Herz in Anchorage
  • Andrew Kitchenman in Juneau
  • Sabine Poux in Kenai
  • Erin McKinstry in Sitka

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