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03-27-26 KUAC MORNING NEWS

KUAC Senior Reporter/Producer Tim Ellis

Friday March 27, 2026 KUAC News stories:

1. A Democratic congressman is calling out the Trump administration’s deal to buy a stake in Trilogy Metals, the company trying to develop Alaska’s Ambler mining district.

2. A federal mine inspector didn’t find any safety violations related to a fire that broke out in January at the Kinross Fort Knox Mine near Fairbanks.

3. Developers of the Alaska LNG project are pressing lawmakers to pass a tax bill proposed by Gov. Mike Dunleavy last week.

4. University of Alaska Fairbanks students are trying to solve Fairbanks Police Department’s oldest cold case homicide as part of a new criminal justice course at UAF.

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.