Tim Ellis
reporter/producerTim has worked in the news business for over three decades as a newspaper reporter and editor and as a radio news reporter/producer. He grew up in a military family and lived in Utah, Hawaii and Kentucky before his family moved to Alaska in 1967, settling in Delta Junction. In 1977, Tim journeyed to the Lower 48 in 1977 to get a college education and see the world. He graduated from Seattle University in 1983 with a degree in journalism and relocated to southern Arizona, where he spent most of the next 25 years working as a print, broadcast and online journalist. He returned to Alaska in 2010 and joined the KUAC news staff, where he has since worked as a reporter and producer covering energy and the environment, agriculture/sustainability, transportation, military affairs and rural Interior communities. He lives in Delta Junction with his wife, Mary, and enjoys reading, hiking, fishing and carpentry.
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Alaska's U.S. senators voted with the majority Wednesday against a resolution to limit President Trump’s power to wage war on Iran. // Alaska legislators are considering giving another boost to per-student funding for public schools. // The North Pole City Council criticized Mayor Larry Terch during Monday’s meeting for creating a toxic work environment and other issues. //Organizers of the 54th annual Delta Farm Forum have rescheduled the event for this Saturday, after postponing it last week due to cold weather. -
U.S. and allied military service members have begun the second week of a major training exercise in Alaska. The exercise, called Arctic Edge 2026, focuses on training for drone and missile attacks on military installations and key infrastructure. This year’s exercise will extend into Greenland. -
The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is reinstating a voter-approved property tax exemption for structures located on farms // The 54th annual Delta Farm Forum will be held Saturday at the Delta Junction Junior-Senior High School. // At least some folks who live in the Golden Heart City of Fairbanks ma-a-a-ay be losing some of their love for winter -- because it’s been a tough one. // The Alaska Board of Fisheries wrapped up a weeklong meeting in Anchorage this week after approving new limits for the South Alaska Peninsula salmon fishery. // Three old guys from Minnesota became unlikely crowd favorites in this year’s Iron Dog snowmachine race. -
Time is running short for anyone interested in acquiring the old Gerstle River bridge on the Alaska Highway. It’s one of three bridges built during World War II that the state Department of Transportation is planning to replace over the next few years. -
The Alaska House approved a fast-tracked spending bill totaling nearly half a billion dollars on Monday. // A measure to repeal Alaska’s nonpartisan primaries and ranked-choice voting will be on the ballot this year, but disputes continue over the wording of the ballot question. // The U.S. Department of the Interior announced Friday that it’s getting ready to offer more than two million acres of federally managed land to the state of Alaska. // The Alaska Climate Research Center issued a report last month that says Alaska saw its 8th hottest year on record in 2025. -
UPDATED: The North American Aerospace Defense Command said today that U.S. aircraft intercepted a total of eight Russian military planes Thursday that were flying through international airspace off the western coast of Alaska. -
A weather system is dumping snow on Fairbanks and the Interior again today. And more is in store through Tuesday. // The North American Aerospace Defense Command intercepted five Russian military aircraft Thursday flying through international airspace off Alaska's coast. // The Alaska Federation of Natives urged state lawmakers last week to fix the fish and game management system that's causing problems for Native subsistence hunters. // A state legislator’s chief of staff was arrested last week and now faces charges of child sexual exploitation and child sex trafficking. // Alaskans pay some of the nation's highest prices for coffee, because of volatile markets and tariffs. // The two top finishers of this year's Iron Dog snowmachine race that ended Saturday in Fairbanks set a record for winning the race four times in a row.
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Advocates for developing Alaska’s trails say they’re glad to see that the state Department of Transportation is including trails in its long-range plans. DOT scheduled two sessions on trails as part of a weeklong series of virtual focus-group meetings on different transportation modes. -
The National Weather Service says another low-pressure system is headed our way later this week, bringing more snow and even colder temperatures. // Alaska lawmakers plan to again vote on a measure to change the way corporate income taxes are calculated to generate millions of dollars in new state revenue. // The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted last week to adopt new chum salmon bycatch limits for the Bering Sea pollock fishery to protect the chum.
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The state Department of Transportation will hold a series of virtual meetings this week to ask Alaskans for input on a 30-year transportation plan.
