Alaska News Nightly: Monday, January 24, 2022

Two people in orange jackets work on a boat.
Crew members Joe Johnson, left, and Derrick Justice work to unload a trawl net full of pollock from on board the fishing vessel Commodore on Thursday, January 24, 2019. (Photo by Nathaniel Herz / Alaska’s Energy Desk)

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

Lawmakers oppose a vaccine requirement for truck drivers through Canada. Also, how disaster declarations for Alaska fisheries could bring in new federal funding. And a look at the rapid weekend warm-up in Southcentral.

Reports tonight from:

Andrew Kitchenman in Juneau
Lex Treinen and Wesley Early in Anchorage
Anna Rose MacArthur in Bethel
and Robyne and Anne Hillman in Fairbanks

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

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