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02-14-25 KUAC MORNING NEWS

KUAC Senior Reporter/Producer Tim Ellis

Friday Feb. 14, 2025 KUAC News stories:

1. State lawmakers are looking closely at Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s plan to create a state Department of Agriculture.

2. A plan to install electric-vehicle charging stations around the Interior is on hold, because the Trump administration has paused a $5 billion federal clean-energy program.

3. Sen. Lisa Murkowski introduced a bill Thursday that would keep the name "Denali" on North America’s highest peak.

4.  Alaska’s Iron Dog snowmachine race is set to begin Saturday in Big Lake. The winner of the grueling 2,500-mile race is expected to cross the finish line on Monday.

Tim Ellis has been working as a KUAC reporter/producer since 2010. He has more than 30 years experience in broadcast, print and online journalism.