Friday Oct. 16, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Congresswoman Mary Peltola traded accusations and interruptions Thursday during a heated Debate for the State.
2. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum was in Fairbanks Wednesday after campaigning with President Trump in Wasilla. Burgum spoke at a Chamber of Commerce event, where he promoted building Alaska AI data centers.
3. The Alaska Department of Natural Resources commissioner will appear before the state Senate Resources Committee to discuss a land deal that would include building data centers.
4. Taiwan says it plans to buy 6.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas annually from the U.S. through its participation in a project to build the 800-mile-long LNG pipeline in Alaska.
5. Sen. Lisa Murkowski joined a bipartisan group of senators last weekend who called for President Trump to immediately call off his plan to buy diesel fuel from Russia.
6. . More buses and cars will be allowed to travel the road through Denali National Park, under a rule announced Thursday by the U.S. Department of the Interior.
