Alaska News Nightly: Monday, Sept. 25, 2017

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ACA repeal bill now peppered with Alaska money to draw Murkowski

Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media – Washington D.C.

“There is a lot of special treatment for Alaska,” says one professor who has studied the bill. Murkowski says she can’t be “bought off.”

Valdez spill response continues as Alyeska investigates cause

Elizabeth Harball, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Anchorage

Alyeska has ruled out a mechanical failure, but isn’t ready to pinpoint human error during testing as the cause of the spill.

60 Alaska Guardsmen deploying to fight ISIS

Zachariah Hughes, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage

Dozens of helicopter pilots and maintenance personnel from Alaska’s Air National Guard are heading overseas to combat the Islamic State.

How much could electric vehicles put the brakes on Alaska’s oil economy?

Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Juneau

As more people move away from gasoline powered cars, the big players in the oil industry have started to pay attention — and that includes Alaska.

Unwanted Unalaska fishing nets find second life in Denmark

Zoe Sobel, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Unalaska

In Unalaska, unwanted fishing nets are everywhere. Now, for the first time, a company halfway around the world is recycling the nets.

2018 Alaska Teacher of the Year nominee: Ben Walker

Lori Townsend, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage

Anchorage teacher Ben Walker teaches 7th grade science at Romig Middle School. Walker said teachers have very different challenges today then in past decades.

Changing the way you think to stay out of prison

Anne Hillman, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage

How do you change who you are when you live in a world that constantly says you’re bad? Take a lot of classes.

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