Dan Bross
Senior FM News ReporterDan has been in public radio news in Alaska since 1993. He’s worked as a reporter, newscaster and talk show host at stations in McGrath, Valdez and Fairbanks. Dan’s experience includes coverage of a wide range of topics, from wolf control to the Trans-Alaska Pipeline and dog mushing.
He graduated from St. Lawrence University in upstate New York with a degree in fine arts and environmental studies in 1987. Snow and adventure lured Dan and wife Peggy to Alaska in 1992. The couple and their two kids enjoy cross-country skiing, backpacking and river trips.
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Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about climate warming as a driving factor of landslides and flash floods like the recent deadly events in Nepal and the Grand Canyon. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the autumn 2026 climate outlook, and how the most recent fall with similar El Nino conditions panned out. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about this week's Mukluk Fire in Tok and its similarities to another devastating late season blaze in the Susitna Valley back in 2019. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's slow wildfire season, and how some other regions of the far north are experiencing much more active conditions. -
Dan Bross talks to Rick Thoman about a forecast El Nino that could be the strongest in the last century, with the warmest waters, relative to normal, in the Eastern Pacific. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's cool first half of 2026. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about the extreme climate of the Yukon Flats. -
Dan Bross talks to Rick Thoman about a recent funnel cloud, or possibly tornado, sighting in the Interior and the relative rarity of the occurrence in Alaska. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska's generally slow wildfire activity in June. -
Dan Bross talks with Rick Thoman about Alaska thunderstorms and how they're different from the cumulonimbus clouds that form in the Lower 48.
