The Pfizer vaccine gets the green light for 12-15 years old, and shots could start later this week. And, new CDC rules could allow a short Alaska cruise season but small towns are not popping champagne corks just yet. Plus, what happened to those disappearing Instagram posts about missing and murdered Indigenous people?

A doctor prepares to administer a vaccine injection at New York-Presbyterian Lawrence Hospital in Bronxville, N.Y., in January. The FDA has approved emergency use authorization of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for patients age 12-15.
Kevin Hagen/AP

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Monday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Pfizer vaccine gets the green light for kids 12-15 years old, and shots could start later this week. And, new CDC rules could allow a short Alaska cruise season but small towns are not popping champagne corks just yet. Plus, what happened to those disappearing Instagram posts about missing and murdered Indigenous people?

Reports tonight from:

Tegan Hanlon, Kavitha George and Lex Treinen in AnchorageEric Stone in KetchikanLyndsey Brollini and Jacob Resneck in JuneauTim Ellis in Delta JunctionErin McKinstry in Sitka

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