Tuesday Aug. 5, 2025 KUAC News stories:
1. Sen. Lisa Murkowski did not rule out running for governor during a Monday news conference in Anchorage. She later conceded she was being "slightly flippant."
2. Fairbanks researchers recently successfully tested the feasibility of a system that stores heat in the ground in summer for use during winter.
3. A lack of reliable housing and other infrastructure leads to health and economic problems for kids in rural Alaska, according to panelists at a conference last week in Anchorage.
4. Wildfire season has slowed, but not ended. Warm, dry weather over the weekend created conditions in an area 120 miles northeast of Fairbanks that've led to an uptick in fire activity there.
