Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Green and purple aurora light up the dark sky.
The aurora lights up the sky the over Auke Bay/North Juneau on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021 in Juneau, Alaska. (Rashah McChesney/KTOO)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Alaska’s congressional delegation reacts to a setback on permission for the Ambler road. Also, state legislators file a series of bills targeting public school curricula. And a former Fairbanks resident studies the aurora from afar.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Anchorage
Sabine Poux in Kenai
Andrew Kitchenman and Jacob Resneck in Juneau
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
and Dan Bross 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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