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09-16-25 KUAC MORNING NEWS

KUAC Senior Reporter/Producer Tim Ellis
KUAC Senior Reporter/Producer TIm Ellis

Tuesday Sept. 16, 2025 KUAC News stories:

1. Oil-industry leaders say a renaissance is underway on the North Slope. But skeptics wonder if the state will get the money it's due.

2. The Alaska Legislature last week took a step towards suing Gov. Mike Dunleavy over an executive order he issued last month.

3. U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan joined fellow Senate Republicans last week to defeat a measure that would've required files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be released.

4. Alaskans can expect a La Niña climate pattern that could mean it’ll be a cooler-than-average winter.

5. Mushers will travel 750 miles this coming February in the 2026 Yukon Quest Alaska sled-dog race on a new route that will begin and end in Fairbanks.

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.