Wednesday Sept. 30, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Heavy fall rains have rivers running unusually high across the Interior and Western Alaska.
2. Snow fell in some areas around the Interior Tuesday. But the National Weather Service is forecasting the first serious snow of the season will come Thursday.
3. A monument honoring Alaska Native veterans was unveiled last weekend at the Alaska Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.
4. Fat Bear Week has a new weighty winner – and it’s a bear who became famous as a cub for hitching rides on his mama's back.
5. Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin talks about last week’s New York Times story that revealed U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s occasional angry outbursts at her staff.
6. Three of the four candidates for governor asked Alaskans in Southeast during a Tuesday forum in Ketchikan to support their campaign.
