Friday July 24, 2026 KUAC News stories:
1. Alaska State Troopers say a North Slope Borough Police officer fatally shot an Utqiagvik (OOK-kee-ah-vik) man Wednesday.
2. The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly passed a measure Thursday that guarantees the Carlson Center will remain the home ice of the UAF hockey team.
3. Alaska’s main Native healthcare organization is set to receive a $400 million settlement from the federal government for unpaid medical services expenses.
4. Hundreds of seismic stations across Alaska detect earthquakes and issue alerts to the public. But those stations may soon be used to also identify landslides.
5. The U.S. Coast Guard tracked Chinese vessels traveling through a section of international waters in the Bering Sea earlier this month for the first time this year.
6. Eielson Air Force Base officials say they’re expecting around 10,000 people to show up next weekend during the Arctic Lightning Air Show and Open House.
