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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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. -
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. -
1.The Alaska House Finance Committee adopted a new budget draft last week that makes a few small changes, and a really big one: it removes the Permanent Fund dividend. // The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is fully funding construction of a long-delayed new animal shelter. // 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. // The families of three more victims of last year's fatal Bering Air plane crash have filed lawsuits against the regional airline. -
Alaska Rep. Nick Begich co-sponsored a bill the U.S. House passed Wednesday that requires voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, and a photo ID to get a ballot. // The U.S. Interior Department has extended the deadline to March 30th for public comments on proposed changes to the Federal Subsistence Board. // The nation’s anti-drug czar was in Anchorage Thursday to declare that state and federal law enforcement are keeping fentanyl and other narcotics out of Alaska. // 30 teams will compete in the 2026 Iron Dog snowmachine race scheduled to kick off Saturday in Big Lake and end next week in Fairbanks. // Organizers of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race say there’s enough snow on the ground in the Mat-Su Valley this year to launch the race in Willow on March 7th.
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A tight state budget is leading some Alaska lawmakers to consider again sending Alaska inmates out of state to serve out their sentences. // A Delta Junction man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually abusing his daughter for six years. // Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Carney on Wednesday asked legislators to fund new judges and long-delayed courthouse maintenance. // A Juneau state representative’s proposal to ban law enforcement officers from wearing face masks on duty got a chilly reception from some lawmakers.
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Tribal leaders from across the country spoke out Tuesday in a Senate hearing against proposed changes in a federal program that benefits Alaska Native corporations. // The Interior Gas Utility’s general manager says the Fairbanks-based utility has officially completed transitioning to a North Slope source of liquefied natural gas. // The Alaska Department of Transportation is giving away sections of a World War II-era bridge on the Alaska Highway south of Delta Junction. // A Deering man was sentenced to a year and a half in prison last week [Feb.4] for sexually touching an underage girl on an airplane during a flight to Seattle.
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Lisa Murkowski and three other U.S. senators returned Monday from Greenland, where they tried to repair relationships after President Trump’s threats to take over the island. // A UAF student has made his first court appearance after he ate a fellow student’s AI-generated artwork in an act of protest. // Workers at Alaska’s only major shipyard have been busy since a new operator took charge of the state-owned facility in Ketchikan last fall. // Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s fiscal plan is taking a beating as lawmakers and the public take a closer look at the proposal. Now, the governor is changing course.
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Yukon Quest mushers will run into overnight low temperatures of around 40 below tonight and Tuesday as they traverse the Yukon Flats. // About a hundred people packed a hearing in Anchorage for six and a half hours last week on a controversial proposal to reform the Federal Subsistence Board. // Despite Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s advice, Alaska state officials continue to search for a solution to its long-running budget problem of spending more than it takes in. // A judge ruled last week that Alaska’s two largest news organizations and two top reporters did not defame an ex-state employee in a story they wrote in 2023.
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Fairbanks school district administrators are proposing almost $7 million worth of reinvestments to lower class sizes and restore some programs. // Fairbanks cross country skier Kendall Kramer is days away from competing in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. // The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Aaron C. Peterson of Anchorage to be a federal District Court judge in Alaska. //The federal government is seeking public input on a proposal to open up ocean waters off Alaska for seafloor mineral-mining lease sales. // Former Sitka state representative Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins this week became the third Democrat to run for governor.
