Wesley Early
Anchorage ReporterWesley moved to Anchorage in 2008, graduating from Bartlett High School and the University of Alaska Anchorage with a degree in journalism and public communications.
He started working in public radio in January 2016 as an intern at Alaska Public Media during his last semester of college. After graduating, he was hired full time and spent three years as a web editor, producer for Alaska News Nightly and education reporter. He then moved to Kotzebue (Qikiqtaġruk in Iñupiaq) to work at KOTZ-AM, where he was the community’s first news director in more than a decade.
After two years covering Arctic climate change, subsistence, Iñupiaq culture and the region’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Wesley returned home to Anchorage where he covers city government and Anchorage life. When he’s not at work, he enjoys reading, finding new music to obsess over and searching for a new restaurant to try with his wife.
Reach Wesley at wearly@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8421.
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The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said ICE told detainees they were exposed to TB while being held in Anchorage. The state called those claims “categorically false and dangerously misleading.” -
In an interview, Anchorage Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she’d rather see assistance from the federal government in tackling violent crime and drugs. “We don't have, to my knowledge, any issues or problems with immigration here.” -
Last year, the Anchorage police saw a total of four infant deaths. Just through June this year, that number is almost double. -
The 35 men were initially arrested in the Lower 48 and moved to the Anchorage Correctional Complex. Their recent transfer comes days after attorneys demanded ICE detainees not be held long-term in Anchorage until conditions improve.
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Of the more than 60 people who testified Tuesday night, opponents to the ordinance outnumbered supporters by a 2-to-1 margin. -
Bill Armstrong, credited with bringing the Pikka oil and gas field to light in 2013, hopes his discovery of the Sockeye-2 area near the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge will lead to increased oil production on the North Slope. -
The camp is centered around a marching band style that organizers say is deeply tied to historically Black colleges and universities, or HBCUs. -
The commission, designed to give citizens an opportunity to weigh in on how the police and other public safety agencies operate, has been defunct for years. -
The Anchorage Assembly reversed course Tuesday with some saying they heard concerns from restaurants that some customers were harassing staff members over having to provide their ID. -
An immigration attorney called the transfer “unusual” and said he hadn't seen anything like it in his decade as a lawyer in Alaska.
