Tim Ellis, KUAC - Fairbanks
Tim Ellis is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
Fairbanks mayor hires first female police chief
Anchorage police Lieutenant Nancy Reeder has accepted Fairbanks Mayor Jim Matherly’s offer to serve as the city’s new police chief.
Missile defense test success accelerates arms race with Russia, China, program critic says
A prominent critic of U.S. missile defense agrees that a test of the system two weeks ago was a success. And that’s why former Assistant Secretary of Defense Philip Coyle is more concerned than ever that the system is fueling a new arms race with both Russia and China.
Fairbanks City Council delays on-site cannabis consumption vote
The Fairbanks City Council postponed a final vote Monday on a proposed ordinance that would permit authorized cannabis retail shops in town to offer on-site consumption of marijuana. If approved, Fairbanks would become the first city in Alaska to allow on-site consumption.
Army investigating fatal shooting of soldier during live-fire field-training exercise
Army investigators have begun looking into the circumstances surrounding last weekend’s death of a soldier from Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson during a field-training exercise on a range near Fort Greely. But, investigators aren’t saying much about the case.
Soldier killed during live-fire exercise near Fort Greely
A Stryker Brigade soldier stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson was killed Saturday during a live-fire training exercise in the Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely.
GVEA asks state, US regulators to OK halt to tariff for ‘hybrid’ renewable-energy proposal
A Colorado-based company’s proposal to generate and sell 100 megawatts to Golden Valley Electric Association has devolved into a dispute involving state and federal energy agencies.
AK: Resurrecting the 52-year-old pipe organ at Fort Greely’s chapel
The old pipe organ in the chapel at Fort Greely will soon again be belting out gospel tunes, if Army officials approve the post chaplain’s request to allow a pipe-organ expert from Nenana restore the rare 52-year-old instrument.
Interior political giant Jack Coghill dies at 93
Former state lawmaker Jack Coghill died this morning at the age of 93.
Cannabis advocates wary of Dunleavy’s Marijuana Control Board appointments
Alaska’s marijuana industry and its advocates are concerned about Governor Mike Dunleavy’s appointment of two people to the Marijuana Control Board that the advocates say could slow or halt the industry’s growth and hamper the state’s ability to regulate it.
Alaska Fire Service has furloughed most employees as shutdown continues
Although wildfires are unlikely to bust out in the Interior anytime soon, the shutdown is hampering the Alaska Fire Service’s planning and preparation for the coming fire season.
‘You’re going to start a war’: Fairbanks City Council delays anti-discrimination ordinance after outcry
Fairbanks City Council members heard more than three hours of testimony Monday from a roomful of supporters and opponents of a proposed ordinance that would add provisions to the City Code prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
GVEA fires up backup generators after earthquake knocks Intertie offline in Mat-Su
When a magnitude 7 earthquake rumbled through the Anchorage area Nov. 30, Golden Valley Electric Association customers were using a total of 165 megawatts of electricity. About a fifth of that was coming through a 170-mile transmission line known as the Intertie. Then the Intertie went dead.
Fairbanks City Council OKs measure authorizing removal, cleanup of homeless camps
Fairbanks Police Chief Eric Jewkes told the council the ordinance is needed to allow officers to evict homeless people from illegal camps and remove and clean up the sites.
Fairbanks hires law firms to advise on suing over groundwater-contaminating chemicals
Fairbanks officials hope to recover nearly $4 million the city has spent over the past three years to deal with the contamination caused by perflourinated compounds contained in a type of firefighting foam.
Kelly leads Kawasaki in close Fairbanks Senate race
If declared the winner, Kelly will begin his sixth term as a senator in January. Listen now
Kelly, Kawasaki clash over budget, Medicaid, climate change in last debate before election
Cuts to the state budget and Permanent Fund dividend dominated a Monday debate in Fairbanks between Republican Senate President Sen. Pete Kelly and Democratic Rep. Scott Kawasaki.
Walker defends record, challengers offer alternatives in Fairbanks governor candidate forum
Gov. Bill Walker and the two candidates who are running to unseat him pitched their ideas Tuesday on how to promote the state’s tourism industry. Listen now
‘It’s become politicized’: advocates give notice of lawsuit to clean up Fairbanks air
Three environmental groups announced Wednesday they intend to sue the federal Environmental Protection Agency for what they say is its failure to require the Fairbanks North Star Borough to reduce air pollution. Listen now
Missing Fort Wainwright soldier found dead
A missing Fort Wainwright soldier was found dead Saturday at the Harding Lake campground.
2 Fairbanks men dead in Nenana River plane crash
Two Fairbanks men were killed in a plane crash.