Monday Aug. 19, 2025 KUAC News stories:
1. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Friday on Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson in Anchorage to talk about Russia’s war against Ukraine.
2. Friday’s meeting between Trump and Putin made it an historic day. And Alaskans who came out to rallies for and against the meeting had a lot to say about it.
3. Military officials on Friday scaled down a big training exercise they’re holding this month to avoid disrupting the meeting between Presidents Trump and Putin.
4. Local plumber J.T. McComas-Roe says he’s reviving his campaign for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, a few days after he announced he was suspending it.
5. A semi-tractor trailer that hauls gold ore hit the ditch Sunday after the driver lost control of the rig near milepost 1402 Alaska Highway, about 20 miles south of Delta Junction.
