Wednesday Feb. 19, 2025 KUAC News stories:
1. Snow is melting early across large swaths of Alaska this year, and that could mean a big wildfire season for certain parts of the state.
2. Freshman Congressman Nick Begich is visiting constituent groups across Alaska this week. At a business luncheon Tuesday in Fairbanks, he talked about Alaska’s relationship to the federal government.
3. The first teams of this year’s Iron Dog snowmachine race made it into Nome Tuesday. Two racers leading the field took a surprise spill just miles before the halfway point of the race.
4. President Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, on China and threatened tariffs on Mexico and Canada, could all have significant impacts on Alaskans, from the price of groceries to construction costs and seafood processing.
