![Alaska News Nightly - Alaska Public Media show](https://d3dthqtvwic6y7.cloudfront.net/podcast-covers/000/045/884/small/alaska-news-nightly.png)
Summary: A more contagious strain of COVID-19 is detected in Alaska. And, an Anchorage Assembly member is removed from a statewide commission after defending Nazi terminology. Plus, Alaska's Pacific Islander community struggles to access to the COVID-19 vaccine despite high death rates from the disease.