Wednesday June 3, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Just before the deadline to file for public office on Monday, dozens of candidates kicked off their campaigns Monday for governor, Congress and the Legislature.
2. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will come to the University of Alaska Fairbanks in July for a question-and-answer session open to the public.
3. The State of Alaska owes millions of dollars to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help with October 2025 storm damage in western Alaska.
4. The Alaska Legislature approved a measure to add a superior court judge to the state’s third judicial district to help relieve a backlog of work for judges in Palmer.
5. A researcher in Nome is collecting data on viruses that migratory birds from Asia bring to western Alaska after flying across the Bering Strait.