Thursday Jan. 8, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Alaska State Troopers say traffic on the Parks Highway was delayed for 10 hours Wednesday when a semi tractor-trailer crashed into a bridge in Cantwell.
2. Kinross Alaska has donated a million dollars to establish a charitable fund for grants to help organizations in Upper Tanana Valley communities.
3. Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s foundation has donated $18 million to Alaska Pacific University.
4. Great egrets landed early last month in Unalaska for the first time in recorded history. Biologists suspect Typhoon Halong brought the big birds in.
5. A team of scientists has been studying areas around Nome to determine whether beavers are contributing to climate change.
