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Alaska News Nightly: Monday, April 18, 2022

A person holds baby chicks in their hands
Don Dyer, owner of Polaris Poultry, holds chicks at Alaska Mill Feed and Garden Center on Thursday, May 13, 2021. Dyer lost a lot of restaurant business when the pandemic hit, but is making that up with a boom in backyard chicken sales. (Abbey Collins/Alaska Public Media)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

How an increase in short-term rentals impacts the housing market in Juneau. Bird flu has swept across the lower 48, and Alaskan biologists are on the lookout. And students test their knowledge at the tenth annual Yup'ik spelling bee.

Reports tonight from:

Lex Treinen in Anchorage
Olivia Ebertz in Bethel
Jennifer Pemberton and Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau
Sabine Poux in Kenai
and Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with producing and audio engineering from Toben Shelby and Katie Anastas.