Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020

Trevor Richards of Juneau Septic System with his family and his truck. (Trevor Richards)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The University of Alaska Anchorage proposes widespread eliminations or suspensions of academic programs. Plus: Communities along the stalled marine highway struggle to pump their septic systems without pump trucks. And, how computer modeling of the weather is struggling with the “polar vortex.”

Reports tonight from:

Tegan Hanlon and Nat Herz in Anchorage
Andrew Kitchenman in Juneau
Krysti Shallenberger in Bethel
Claire Stremple in Haines
Kavitha George in Kodiak

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