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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1. Alaska lawmakers passed 33 bills the session that ended Tuesday, including a budget with a $1,000 Permanent Fund dividend and a long-term funding boost for the state’s public schools. // 2. More than a hundred Ukrainians who settled in Delta Junction since Russia invaded their country three years ago. face a uncertain future in the community. // 3. The Fairbanks North Star Borough School Board passed a five-year strategic plan Tuesday night that includes guidelines for developing district policies. -
1. The Fairbanks City Council on Monday rejected an ordinance that would add a statement during council meetings that affirms indigenous peoples' long history on this land. // 2. Alaska lawmakers on Tuesday voted to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of an education funding bill.
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Authorities have released the names of seven law-enforcement officers who were involved in the fatal shooting of a suspect in Fairbanks last week. -
The City of Fairbanks is launching a new grant program to encourage downtown businesses to revamp how their buildings look from the street.//A startup business near Fairbanks wants to alleviate the shortage of affordable housing in Alaska by manufacturing construction materials.// The state Department of Environmental Conservation says the Red Dog lead and zinc mine spilled about 400,000 gallons of potentially polluted water Wednesday.// Conservative activist Bernadette Wilson has declared she'll run for governor of Alaska next year, becoming the third Republican candidate for the office. -
Air Force investigators released a report Tuesday on what caused the pilot of Eielson-based F-16 fighter jet to declare an in-flight emergency shortly after takeoff last year. -
Police fatally shot a Fairbanks man Monday night who they say opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on officers responding to reports of a domestic disturbance at a home on the west side of town.
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Police shot and killed a Fairbanks man Monday night who opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle on officers at a home on the west side of town. // Air Force investigators released a report Tuesday on what caused an in-flight emergency in an Eielson-based F-16 fighter jet last year. // A recent Alaska Small Business Development Center survey of mom-and-pop companies across the state revealed a lot of pessimism and frustration over an unstable economy. // Alaska officials who help resettle immigrants and refugees say they’re facing a lot of uncertainty amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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Contractors are nearing completion of a fourth missile field at Fort Greely that’ll increase the number of interceptor missile silos there to 62. But two University of Alaska Fairbanks military experts worry the technology is rapidly becoming obsolete. -
The Alaska House is scheduled to vote today on a change to corporate income taxes that could generate millions of dollars for the state. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough is clashing with a nonprofit that advocates for the old SS Nenana over federal money meant for repainting the historic sternwheeler. // A National Weather Service special weather statement says upper-elevation areas around the Interior could get snow over the next day or two. // Alaska Federation of Natives has welcomed Tanana Chiefs Conference back after the Fairbanks-based tribal organization withdrew from AFN two years ago.
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It’s springtime, and Alaskans are breaking out their all-terrain vehicles and hitting the trails. But Alaska State Troopers say a lot of those ATVs also are being driven on public roads. So they’re reminding those drivers that if they ride on roads, they must obey the law.
