The Iditarod finalizes its COVID mitigation plan, and at least one popular village won't be a checkpoint this year. Also, the legal and regulatory battle over a gas leak in Cook Inlet continues.

The F/V Lucky Island prepares to set out to fish for cod from the Carl E. Moses Harbor on the Aleutian Island of Unalaska on Friday, Jan. 23, 2021. Abraham Camacho Castillo, left, and Saul Rood are crew members, while Captain Diego Castillo looks out from the wheelhouse. (Hope McKenney/KUCB)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Gov. Mike Dunleavy delivers his State of the State address. Also, what a shortage in skilled workers could mean for the country’s top fishing port. And controversy over a hunt for wolves in Southeast.

Reports tonight from:

Liz Ruskin in Washington, D.C.
Andrew Kitchenman, Rashah McChesney and Jacob Resneck in Juneau
Robyne and Dan Bross in Fairbanks
Eric Stone in Ketchikan
Theo Greenly and Maggie Nelson in Unalaska
and Lex Treinen in Anchorage

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

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