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06-19-25 KUAC MORNING NEWS

KUAC Senior Reporter/Producer Tim Ellis

Thursday June 19, 2025 KUAC News stories:

1.  Firefighters scrambled Wednesday to attack several new lightning-sparked wildfires burning around the eastern Interior. 

2.  A state official is concerned that Alaska may fail to meet grant-match requirements and lose $600 million in federal funds for transportation projects.

3.  A Fairbanks playwright and theater director is hosting a public reading of a new play tonight (Thursday) to celebrate Juneteenth.

4.  The Dalton Highway reopened Wednesday after a collapsed culvert caused a major washout at MP 315.

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.