The Anchorage Assembly balks at the cost of the new mayor's homeless shelter proposal. And, a couple hiking together has a close encounter of the bruin kind. Plus, crews in Southeast Alaska battle invasive plant species.

Mayor-elect Dave Bronson at an Anchorage Assembly’s Committee on Housing and Homelessness meeting in June 2021. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media)

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Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:

The Anchorage Assembly balks at the cost of the new mayor’s homeless shelter proposal. And, a couple hiking together has a close encounter of the bruin kind. Plus, crews in Southeast Alaska battle invasive plant species.

Reports tonight from:

Lex Treinen in AnchorageDan Bross in FairbanksMacKenzie Mancuso in DillinghamsTim Ellis in Delta JunctionMike Swasey in SkagwaySabine Poux in Kenai

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