Thursday Aug. 13, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. A high-pressure system that’s parked over the eastern Interior may give us this summer’s warmest temperatures this weekend.
2. The ballot questions that Fairbanks North Star Borough voters will consider this fall could reshape how local elections work in future years.
3. Our series of interviews with Alaska’s gubernatorial candidates continues today with Republican Matt Heilala an Anchorage surgeon.
4. The Alaska Department of Health announced the first round of funding for state projects under the $5 billion Rural Health Transformation Project.
5. Construction of a long-awaited and controversial road connecting King Cove to Cold Bay in western Alaska may soon get underway.
