Tuesday Jan. 27, 2026 KUAC News stories
1. A massive oil-drilling rig toppled over Friday and crashed into the frozen tundra near the North Slope.
2. Gov. Mike Dunleavy introduced a series of bills on Friday and Monday that he says would stabilize the state’s finances.
3. Crews extinguished a fire early Friday morning that followed an explosion at the Alaska Army National Guard Readiness Center in Fairbanks.
4. A Superior Court Judge accepted the sentence Monday for a Fairbanks youth pastor convicted of felony child sex abuse.
5. Musher Pete Kaiser earned a record-setting first-place finish this year in last weekend’s Kuskokwim 300 Sled Dog Race.
