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.