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02-16-26 KUAC MORNING NEWS

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

Monday Feb. 16, 2025 KUAC News stories

1. The Alaska House Finance Committee adopted a new budget draft last week that makes a few small changes, and a really big one: it removes the Permanent Fund dividend. 
  
2. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is fully funding construction of a long-delayed new animal shelter.

3. The state Department of Transportation will hold a series of virtual meetings this week to ask Alaskans for input on a 30-year transportation plan.

4. The families of three more victims of last year's fatal Bering Air plane crash have filed lawsuits against the regional airline.

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.