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Friday on Alaska News Nightly:
The Iditarod finalizes its COVID mitigation plan, and at least one popular village won't be a checkpoint this year. Also, the legal and regulatory battle over a gas leak in Cook Inlet continues. And a look at Kodiak's pollock season, which started yesterday.
Reports tonight from:
Sabine Poux in Kenai 
Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C. 
Emily Schwing in Girdwood 
Dylan Simard and Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak 
Angela Denning in Petersburg 
and Claire Stremple in Juneau 
Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Toben Shelby and Katie Anastas.