Newscast — Monday, March 8, 2021

In this newscast:

  • Today is International Women’s Day. In Petersburg, women speak about what the holiday means to them.
  • Forty-six mushers and hundreds of sled dogs took off from Willow yesterday afternoon for the 2021 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
  • Misdemeanor jury trials will resume in Alaska’s state courts starting April 19.
  • Officials from the Alaska Black Caucus say a visitation ban at all of Alaska’s correctional facilities because of the coronavirus pandemic should be loosened.
  • Four men who say they were illegally imprisoned for nearly two decades for the murder of a teenager in Alaska will have their lawsuit go forward after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to get involved in the case.

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