Monday Sept. 22, 2025 KUAC News stories:
1. This year’s Permanent Fund Dividend will be exactly $1,000. Payments to more than 600,000 Alaskans will be sent out beginning Oct. 2.
2. The League of Women Voters of the Tanana Valley held its annual candidate forum on Friday. In today's report, we cover newcomer Patrick Roach's challenge to incumbent Barbara Haney.
3. The U.S. Senate rejected two partisan spending bills Friday, bringing the country closer to a partial government shutdown on Oct. 1.
4. Sen. Dan Sullivan and the U.S. Secretary of Labor visited the Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center Friday to call for more workers to build the Alaska LNG project.
5. The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing a two-way shipping route along the northern Alaska coast to handle the growing number of ships traveling in Arctic waters.
