Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, August 17, 2022


Jeanine St. Johns holds up a “Kelly for U.S. Senate” sign at the corner of North Lights Boulevard and Seward Highway on Election Day, August 16, 2022. A number of supporters waved signs endorsing their candidates early in the morning and returned to the same location during evening rush hour. (Mizelle Mayo/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaskans went to the polls yesterday and early results are in. Environmentalists say king salmon fishing in southeast Alaska harms killer whales in Puget Sound, but fishermen disagree. And a small village on Bristol Bay gets national recognition for its library.

Reports tonight from:

Kavitha George and Liz Ruskin in Anchorage
Robert Woolsey in Sitka
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Tim Ellis at Delta Junction
and Katherine Moncure in Dillingham

Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, with production and audio engineering by Ammon Swenson and Katie Anastas.

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