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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Preliminary work on Interior Alaska’s new veterans cemetery began early last month. But the project is now officially underway, since a groundbreaking ceremony was held at the site in Salcha on June 20th. -
Alaska is hosting dozens of celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary. Those include a weeklong series of events in several communities around the state recognizing the history of baseball in the Last Frontier. -
Fairbanks Police on Wednesday identified three officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man last weekend at the Bentley Mall. // Alaska lawmakers failed to meet an informal deadline Wednesday to vote on legislation that would reduce taxes for the Alaska LNG project. // Alaska is hosting dozens of celebrations of America’s 250th anniversary this week, including a series of events recognizing the history of baseball in the Last Frontier. -
A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree assault for shooting a person in Fairbanks on June. -
The Alaska Division of Elections' attorney told a judge Thursday that the agency could find a solution so that voters could tell the difference between U.S. Sen. Sullivan and a challenger of the same name. // A 25-year-old man has been arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree assault for shooting a person in Fairbanks on June 9. // A dead fin whale found attached to the bow of a cruise ship that arrived in Seward last week likely died from being hit by an ocean-going vessel. // A group of Alaska researchers that study how permafrost affects farming in the far north have expressed their discoveries through printmaking. An installation of their artwork is on display on the UAF campus. -
Federal firefighters are working on several lightning-caused wildfires around the northern portion of the Interior. Thousands of strikes have been detected over the past six days. -
Gov. Mike Dunleavy trimmed nearly $90 million from the state budget with line-item vetoes Wednesday afternoon. // Dunleavy’s spokesperson says he plans to veto a bill naming an University of Alaska Anchorage economic research center after Vic Fischer, its first director. // Sen. Lisa Murkowski says President Trump spoke angrily to Republican senators at a closed-door luncheon Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol. // Federal firefighters are working on several lightning-caused wildfires around the northern portion of the Interior. -
NewsThe Starry Fire was first reported Saturday evening just south of the city of Anderson. The fire is 50% contained as of Wednesday morning, officials say. -
Firefighters continued to battle a lightning-caused fire Monday that’s burning in a forested area between the community of Anderson and a missile-defense installation 5 miles to the south. An evacuation order remains in effect for the Parks Highway community. -
WildfiresThe 550-acre Starry Fire was reported Saturday evening just south of Anderson.
