Thursday July 30, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Alaska State Troopers say three people are dead after a fiery plane crash Tuesday night near McCarthy, southwest of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park.
2. 23 members of the Alaska Legislature are asking the state Division of Elections to immediately restore the voter status of thousands of Alaskans the division recently deactivated.
3. Years of sloppy bookkeeping have undermined ratepayers’ trust in Nome’s publicly owned electrical utility and raised doubts about its ability to finance projects.
4. Alaska State Troopers are investigating the death of man whose body was found last weekend near Healy.
5. A $266 million Air Force contract will enable the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island to launch up to 18 rockets over the next two years.
6. State epidemiologists have found evidence of the measles virus in Anchorage’s wastewater over the past month.
