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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As time runs short in the special legislative session, state senators are studying a House-passed bill offering tax cuts for a North Slope natural gas pipeline. // Animal control officials last month found 40 sled dogs and five puppies living in filthy conditions at a Fairbanks-area kennel. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other members of Congress are trying to stop the National Science Foundation from eliminating a system that monitors the oceans. // GCI internet and mobile service has been restored in western Alaska and the Aleutian Islands after an undersea fiber-optic cable was damaged three weeks ago. -
The Alaska Division of Elections has ruled that Dan Sullivan of Petersburg cannot be on the ballot to challenge U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan. // The University of Alaska’s newest and largest union filed an unfair labor practice complaint last week against UA. // Golden Valley Electric Association members re-elected an incumbent director to the co-op’s board and elected a new director to another seat. // A St. Mary’s man has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for illegal guide services and bilking dozens of hunters out of thousands of dollars. // An Eagle River woman says she’s grateful to be alive after a black bear attacked her dog. -
The U.S. Air Force F-35 demonstration team will headline two days of aviation-related events and attractions to be held in August at Eielson Air Force Base. -
Today is the last day for Golden Valley Electric Association members to cast a vote for candidates for the co-op’s board of directors. // The front of Fairbanks City Hall is getting a makeover, thanks to a public art initiative funded by the National Science Foundation. // The U.S. Air Force F-35 demonstration team will headline two days of aviation-related events in an air show in August at Eielson Air Force Base. // Several political candidates joined people from across Alaska for a multi-day Indigenous cultural festival in Juneau. // The Matanuska-Susitna Borough School Board last week approved a program that allows teachers and staff members to carry concealed weapons in schools.
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The developer of the Alaska LNG project released its first specific public cost estimates Wednesday for the proposed 800-mile pipeline and infrastructure. // As lawmakers consider tax breaks for the proposed LNG pipeline, Fairbanks officials work to secure a spur line into the borough as part of the deal.
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Dozens of candidates kicked off their campaigns Monday for governor, Congress and the Legislature Just before the Monday deadline to file for office. // U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson will come to the University of Alaska Fairbanks in July for a public question-and-answer session. // The State of Alaska owes millions of dollars to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help with October 2025 storm damage in western Alaska. // The Alaska Legislature approved a measure to add a superior court judge to the state’s third judicial district to relieve a backlog of work for judges in Palmer. // A researcher in Nome is collecting data on viruses that migratory birds from Asia bring to Alaska after flying across the Bering Strait.
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Another climber died Sunday while descending from the summit. It was the fourth death on the mountain in four days. // An F-15 fighter pilot on Friday had to abort takeoff from Eielson Air Force Base. // Dilapidated schools in Alaska may get a big financial boost if Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs a an education bill. // 4. A bill to increase state funding for free legal aid for poor Alaskans has passed into law without the governor’s signature. // The deadline to sign up to run for statewide office is 5 p.m. today. // Dillingham independent Bryce Edgmon, the most senior member of the state House, is now running to represent southwest Alaska as a state Senator.
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Golden Valley Electric Association said Wednesday that the co-op will soon sharply increase how much it charges members to help pay for fuel to generate electricity. -
1. Golden Valley Electric Association said the co-op will soon sharply increase how much its fuel and purchased power charge. // Alaska lawmakers voted last week to increase state unemployment benefits for the first time since 2009. // Riding a bike to school can be tough in the Nome. But on Tuesday, students tried a safer way to make the trip — by going together. // A senior Army officer stationed at Fort Wainwright will serve as the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ new chancellor. // Leptospirosis is a widespread disease in the Lower 48 that can be deadly to dogs. Veterinarians say it isn’t a problem in Alaska yet. But some recommend dogs to get vaccinated now.
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Alaska’s land-based internet is among the slowest and most expensive in the nation. // The state's 2026 high school graduates are looking ahead to the next chapter in their lives. Some plan to stay in Alaska; others are preparing to head out to the Lower 48. //State lawmakers passed two bills on the last day of the legislative session aimed at fulfilling requirements of a federal health care expansion effort. // As the Arctic takes on greater geopolitical significance, Alaska has assets of interest to the U.S. military: cold temperatures, and the Naval Air Facility Adak.
