Thursday Sept. 17, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. The State of Alaska is asking a judge to throw out a lawsuit that alleges the state Elections Division violated Alaskans’ right to privacy when it gave voter information to the federal government last December.
2. Two people were killed Tuesday [9/15] when their plane crashed after they left a moose-hunting camp near western Alaska community of Aniak.
3. The National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report Wednesday on last month’s plane crash at a remote military radar site in western Alaska that killed all eight people on board.
4. The population of Sandhill Cranes that come to Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge is growing, making it more challenging for the state Fish and Game department to keep them away from Fairbanks International Airport.
5. University of Alaska leaders are considering adopting an artificial intelligence policy that would require all three campuses to have an AI plan in place for all students, faculty and staff.
6. A bill sponsored by Sen. Dan Sullivan that aims to reduce the pollock fleet’s bycatch of salmon, halibut and other species passed the Senate Commerce Committee Wednesday.
7. Now that the Pretty Rocks Bridge has been completed, Denali National Park has reopened a long, scenic road into the heart of the park that was closed by a landslide five years ago.
