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05-19-26 KUAC MORNING NEWS

Senior Reporter/Producer Tim Ellis

Tuesday May 19, 2026 KUAC News stories:

1. The Alaska House is racing to pass a bill offering tax relief for the Alaska LNG project with the end of the regular legislative session fast approaching.
2. A North Pole man died Saturday of injuries he sustained in a motorcycle wreck in Salcha.
3. Alaska smokejumpers are working to control two small fires in the Yukon Training Area northeast of Eielson Air Force Base.
4. The developer of a proposed natural gas pipeline took two busloads of partners and other officials on a tour of an export terminal on the Kenai Peninsula.
5.  A Canadian company aiming to reopen a British Columbia gold mine plans to pilot a large boat up Alaska’s Taku River to get there. That worries area residents.

Tim Ellis has been working as a KUAC reporter/producer since 2010. He has more than 30 years experience in broadcast, print and online journalism.