Tuesday, May 26, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Several Memorial Day ceremonies took place across Interior Alaska Monday, including one at Pioneer Park in Fairbanks.
2. A Fairbanks resident died Friday of injuries sustained in a car fire on the Parks Highway west of Ester.
3. Firefighters have contained a wildfire burning in an agricultural area near Delta Junction. But state Forestry officials say the fire isn't fully extinguished.
4. A federal agency has developed a faster permitting process for oil and gas developments in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Drilling opponents call it a corporate giveaway.
5. A startup wants to build a massive data center on the North Slope, close to natural gas supplies it would use to generate electricity the facility would need.
