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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The state is moving ahead on repealing a regulation that critics said would’ve complicated Fairbanks-area real estate transactions. // A union-organizing campaign is underway among ConocoPhillips workers on the North Slope. // Aleutian Airways has begun providing federally subsidized air service to three Western Alaska communities. // National mining and pro-business groups are trying to convince the federal government to again consider allowing companies to develop the Pebble mine. -
UPDATED Nov. 30: Alaska State Troopers are investigating whether a missing Valdez woman might have been staying at the Caribou Hotel in Glennallen when it burned down on Nov. 12th. -
Organizers of Delta Junction’s annual community Thanksgiving dinner have been working for months to prepare for Thursday’s big get-together. The celebration comes with an additional challenge: they’re anticipating a bigger turnout this year. -
Alaska’s Department of Public Safety is funneling resources to Fairbanks in response to a spike in violent crimes. // A federal grand jury returned an indictment last week charging a Fairbanks man with illegally trafficking firearms and drug-related offenses. // Thousands of Alaskans who rely on the federal marketplace for health insurance are experiencing sticker shock as they apply for coverage for 2026. // An Alaska Marine Lines barge that was headed to Alaska was taking on water off the coast of British Columbia -
UPDATED: The Alaska Bureau of Investigation is looking into two incidents involving shots fired at two Black Gold Transport ore-hauling trucks late last week near Fairbanks. -
Alaska State Troopers have redoubled their efforts to locate a North Pole man charged with murder. The charges stem from the fatal shooting of teenager at a party near Fairbanks last month. Meanwhile, a court has issued an arrest for the warrant of Darius Morgan, and set bail at a million dollars. -
An Alaska Railroad train struck and killed a Fairbanks man Sunday who officials say was walking on the tracks near Anderson. // The longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended last week. But reopening the government isn’t easy, and some agency workers are frustrated. // Researchers and community members gathered in Yakutat last month to talk about geohazards like landslide-induced tsunamis, and how to prepare for them. // The State of Alaska is exploring the idea of creating a new agriculture cooperative owned by farmers and ranchers around the state.
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Firefighters say they found human remains in a home off Farmers Loop Road after they responded to a structure fire Saturday morning. // Fairbanks police busted an alleged illegal gambling operation Friday. // Assemblymember Scott Crass will be the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly's presiding officer for the coming year. // The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for today around the eastern Alaska Range south of Delta Junction. // Palmer Republican Sen. Shelley Hughes resigned from the Alaska Senate Friday to pursue her run for governor next year. // The Juneau Assembly tonight will consider whether the borough should adopt a ranked-choice voting system for municipal elections beginning next year.
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It’s Veterans Day, but Salcha’s American Legion post won’t be conducting its own service – at least, not this year. That’s because it’s Alaska’s newest Legion post, established just over a year ago. -
A Fairbanks woman is grateful to be home with her family for the holidays, after spending a month in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center. // Alaska’s newest American Legion post in Salcha will observe Veterans Day along with other local military service organizations. // The state of Alaska is reducing its payments to SNAP recipients by about a third this week, in response to federal guidance. // Kodiak-based Alaska Aerospace Corporation is partnering with the UAF Geophysical Institute to expand their statewide capabilities and space missions. // Nine puppies found abandoned in a crate at the Fox transfer site last week were all adopted by new families in a single day.
