Wednesday Sept. 23 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Republican Bernadette Wilson is again calling on fellow Republicans Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor to drop out of the race to be Alaska’s next governor.
2. University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers say work is already underway on a project to reduce the nation’s dependence on imported critical minerals.
3. The federal government wants the operator of the Red Dog lead and zinc mine in Northwest Alaska to pay a fine for spilling contaminated water into a creek.
4. Alaska health officials say influenza-related illnesses killed 36 Alaskans in the 2025-26 flu season. And they strongly recommend we get flu shots for this season.
5. Alaska State Troopers have identified the victims of last week’s plane crash at an airstrip in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, south of Tok.
6. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District and the union that represents the district’s classified staff have OK’d a tentative one-year agreement.
