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Tuesday on Alaska News Nightly:

Anchorage officials and residents say homeless encampments are larger and more numerous than ever before. Also, a Homer man is killed by a cow elk with calves. And a fundraiser aims to raise awareness of available resources for developmentally disabled people in Alaska.

Reports this evening from:

Wesley Early, Casey Grove, Jeremy Hsieh, Madilyn Rose and Ava White in Anchorage
Robyne in Fairbanks
Jamie Diep in Homer
Hunter Morrison in Kenai
Ben Townsend in Nome

This episode of Alaska News Nightly is hosted by Casey Grove, engineered by Chris Hyde, and produced by Tim Rockey.