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Vanessa Bainter sets up her tent at Centennial Campground. Parks and Rec staff transporting her belongings from an illegal camp. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Victims rights advocates are concerned after a man accused in a stabbing was found incompetent to stand trial. Also, community leaders respond after Anchorage opens a public campground to homeless residents. And restaurant owners struggle to hire workers during a busy summer season.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early and Laura Philion in Anchorage

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Kirsten Dobroth in Kodiak

and Sage Smiley in Wrangell

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

Anchorage residents marched on Friday, June 24, 2022, in protest of the Supreme Court overturning Roe vs. Wade. (Laura Philion/Alaska Public Media)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Special election candidates share their views on abortion. Also, Anchorage opens a public campground to homeless residents as the state’s largest shelter prepares to close. And the University of Alaska Southeast will offer free Alaska Native language classes to students this fall.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin and Lex Treinen in Anchorage

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Olivia Ebertz in Bethel

Claire Stremple in Juneau

Sabine Poux and Riley Board in Kenai

and Hope McKenney in Homer

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

Alaska Division of Forestry firefighters work on the Elmore Fire in East Anchorage. (Mike McMillan/Alaska Division of Forestry)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaskans react to the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Also, new programs for homeless youth in Anchorage combine housing and job training. And this could be Anchorage’s warmest June on record.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early, Kavitha George, Tegan Hanlon and Lex Treinen in Anchorage

Kirsten Dobroth and Dylan Simard in Kodiak

Sabine Poux in Kenai

Corinne Smith in Dillingham

and Claire Stremple in Juneau

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

From left, Jonathan McKee, Alyosha Strum-Palerm and Matt Pistay pose for a photo aboard their 44-foot sailboat Dark Start after winning the 2022 Race to Alaska under the name Team Pure and Wild. (Eric Stone/KRBD)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Sen. Lisa Murkowski says the bipartisan gun bill does not take Second Amendment rights away from responsible gun owners. Also, Anchorage’s ombudsman is reviewing complaints about a t-shirt the city’s HR director wore at a meeting. And a district court judge rules that Cook Inlet drift fishermen can fish the inlet’s federal waters.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin, Wesley Early and Lex Treinen in Anchorage

Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau

Sabine Poux in Kenai

Robyne in Fairbanks

and Eric Stone in Ketchikan

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

The Matanuska waits at Ketchikan’s state ferry terminal on June 20, 2022, the day of the Alaska Marine Highway System’s first voyage to Prince Rupert, B.C. since 2019. (Eric Stone/KRBD)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Republican Tara Sweeney says her campaign will not sue over elections officials’ decision that she cannot advance to the special U.S. House election. Also, firefighters, aircraft and other resources are heading north to Alaska’s wildfires. And after three years without service, Alaskans board a ferry to British Columbia.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin, Lex Treinen and Laura Philion in Anchorage

Dan Bross and Robyne in Fairbanks

Eric Stone and Raegan Miller in Ketchikan

Robert Woolsey in Sitka

Olivia Ebertz in Bethel

and Sabine Poux in Kenai

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

Jessica Haley writes on a COVID test label at a drive-through testing site in Anchorage on June 14, 2022. (Katie Anastas/Alaska Public Media)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska State Troopers and local police officers fatally shoot a man in Fairbanks. Also, most drive-through COVID testing sites in Anchorage will close by the end of the month. And LGBTQ+ youth in Juneau celebrate Pride month.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin, Lex Treinen and Kavitha George in Anchorage

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Yvonne Krumrey in Juneau

and Eric Stone in Ketchikan

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

Guest reader Luna, left, acts out a line from the book “The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish” alongside Amie Toepfer, the Ketchikan Public Library’s head of children’s services, on June 17, 2022. (Eric Stone/KRBD)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

A federal fisheries council declines action on salmon bycatch. And after weeks of heated debate, a drag queen leads story time at the Ketchikan library.

Reports tonight from:

Eric Stone in Ketchikan

Robert Woolsey in Sitka

Wesley Early in Anchorage

Sabine Poux in Kenai

Angela Denning in Petersburg

and Dan Bross in Fairbanks

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

Residents of Mountain Village and St.Mary’s check-in for their flight home after temporarily relocating to Bethel for a week due to large tundra fires. June 16, 2022 in Bethel, Alaska. (Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Friday on Alaska News Nightly:

Fire crews in the Interior are on standby as the weather forecast calls for thunderstorms. Also, St. Mary’s residents are staying cautious as the threat of the fire decreases. And high gas prices aren’t stopping RV-ers from visiting Alaska.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Anchorage

Lex Treinen in Bethel

Claire Stremple in Juneau

Sabine Poux in Kenai

Izzy Ross in Dillingham

and Dan Bross in Fairbanks

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

The U.S. House primary special election was primarily conducted by mail, however voters could also cast their ballot in person at more than 100 sites across the state. (Katie Basile/KYUK)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:

Ballot rejections in the special election are most frequent in rural Alaska. Also, evacuees in Bethel prepare to return to St. Mary’s after the fire. And the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board approves a policy that prevents transgender girls from competing on girls’ sports teams.

Reports tonight from:

Wesley Early in Anchorage

Lex Treinen and Olivia Ebertz in Bethel

Dan Bross in Fairbanks

Eric Stone and Raegan Miller in Ketchikan

Sage Smiley in Wrangell

and Sabine Poux in Kenai

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

Boats along the Andreafsky River are packed and ready if evacuation orders come through in St. Mary’s, Alaska. June 11, 2022. (Katie Basile/For KYUK)

Stories are posted on the statewide news page. Send news tips, questions, and comments to [email protected]. Follow Alaska Public Media on Facebook and on Twitter @AKPublicNews. And subscribe to the Alaska News Nightly podcast.



Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Scientists draw a direct link between climate change and the state’s largest wildfire. Also, people leaving the state’s largest homeless shelter have few places to go next. And sportfisheries in Cook Inlet close as king salmon populations suffer.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin and Wesley Early in Anchorage

Claire Stremple in Juneau

Olivia Ebertz in Bethel

Sabine Poux in Kenai

and Katherine Rose in Sitka

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