Alaska News Nightly: Tuesday, January 5th, 2021

Two people carry a large box into a walk-in freezer.
A shipment of COVID-19 Pfizer vaccinations lands in Bethel, Alaska and is transferred to a deep freezer at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation on December 16, 2020. (Katie Basile/KYUK)

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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The unique ways health practitioners are getting the COVID vaccine to rural Alaska. And, participants praise an Anchorage jobs program set up during the pandemic. Plus, teachers returning to Kotzebue prepare for in-person learning.

Reports tonight from:

  • Tegan Hanlon, Nat Herz, and Kavitha George in Anchorage
  • Wesley Early in Kotzebue
  • Ian Dickson and Matt Miller in Juneau
  • Henry Leasia in Haines

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