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KUAC Newscasts

KUAC Newscasts
  • Patrick Gilchrist/KUAC
    The Trump administration unfroze federal funds set to help bring more EV charging stations to Alaska. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District's Board of Education adopted a resolution in response to local concerns about immigration enforcement actions. The Alaska Department of Law is asking a judge to toss much of a lawsuit over the state's failure to process food assistance applications on time. Researchers mapped where bird traffic and ship traffic overlap in some of Alaska's waters.
  • Researchers are mimicking fungi to create a new material to keep Alaskans warm in the winter, and a ballot initiative to broaden Alaska's access to psychedelic natural medicines — like magic mushrooms — took another step forward last month.
  • A Delta Junction teenager died last weekend after he crashed his ATV into a trailer in a downtown parking lot. // Searchers rescued an elderly Fairbanks man last weekend who was lost in a remote area near Chatanika. // U.S. fighter jets intercepted and tracked a Russian military plane Sunday flying off the coast of Alaska. // Fairbanksans held a protest Saturday over federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detaining a Thai resident and separating her from her six American children. // Leaders of some Alaska Native corporations worry that the federal government review of rules on how it issues contracts could limit contracting opportunities.
  • Hundreds of Fairbanksans are expressing concern about federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in the city. That’s after a local resident was detained earlier this month. // The North American Aerospace Defense Command detected and tracked Russian military surveillance planes that were flying through international airspace off the coast of Alaska on two consecutive days last week. // A researcher at UAF's Alaska Center for Energy and Power has designed a program meant to help small communities make big energy decisions. // Fairbanks Police and Alaska State Troopers arrested a man Saturday after he shot at officers during a pursuit before being captured by a SWAT team.
  • News
    A federal agency declared an economic disaster for parts of Interior Alaska due to impacts from this wildfire season. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Board of Education will be short one member until after the municipal election. Multiple forces are driving up prices in a big chunk of rural Alaska, including tariffs and a bypass mail rate hike.
  • News
    Fairbanks area schools started the new school year Tuesday, with new limits in place for serving meals to kids who can't pay. The Alaska Department of Transportation is hosting public meetings today about its study of airports around the Denali Borough. Alaska volcano observers say there's now an extremely low chance of an eruption at Mt. Spurr. A UAF business administration professor wants to help build capacity for venture capital in Alaska.
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    The North Pole City Council wants kids to stop going into the street to collect donations from people in cars, and Fairbanks morel hunters say last year's wildfires brought about a bountiful harvest this summer.
  • Former state senator Tom Begich is running for governor. // State and federal officials gathered at Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage last week to promote investments in Alaska aviation safety. // A Fairbanks jury found 22-year-old Kapri Raymond Willis not guilty last week of first-degree murder and witness tampering. // North Pole's City Council postponed voting Monday on an ordinance that would prevent people from accepting money from vehicles on city streets. // U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials last week arrested and held a man with no criminal conviction. // Regional air carrier Ravn Alaska announced Thursday that it was shutting down.
  • President Trump and Russian President Putin met Friday on Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage to talk about Russia’s war against Ukraine. // Alaskans who came out to rallies for and against the Trump-Putin meeting had a lot to say about it. // Military officials on Friday scaled down a big training exercise they’re holding this month to avoid disrupting the Trump-Putin meeting // Local plumber J.T. McComas-Roe says he’s reviving his campaign for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly. // A semi-tractor trailer that hauls gold ore hit the ditch Sunday after the driver lost control of the rig near mile 1402 Alaska Highway, about 20 miles south of Delta Junction.
  • News
    Hundreds of Fairbanksans protested in solidarity with Ukraine ahead of the Trump-Putin Alaska summit. Residents can expect increased activity in airspaces around Eielson and throughout the state for the next 10 days due to a military training exercise. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved a revision of its ethics code last night in a tight vote. Housing Secretary Scott Turner went to Bethel Wednesday, but few details about the visit have been made public.
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    Alaska Department of Fish and Game personnel killed two Dall Sheep near Salcha they feared had been exposed to bacteria that could've endangered other sheep. A Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly candidate announced he's suspending his campaign. A man is facing a criminally negligent homicide charge for allegedly throwing a fatal punch in South Fairbanks. How investments for aviation safety in the budget reconciliation bill could be spent in Alaska. The Trump-Putin Alaska meeting Friday is set to take place at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
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    Juneau’s annual glacial outburst flood is expected to break records today, and a resolution that would have required more transparency about plans for a pile of rubble in downtown Fairbanks died without a vote.