Tim Ellis, KUAC - Fairbanks
Tim Ellis is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.
Two Alaska soldiers found dead, foul play not suspected, investigators say
Two Alaska-based soldiers were found dead separately in recent days.
Alaska’s first electric-powered school bus is performing well – even at 40 below
"It has not missed a single day of school,” says Tok Transportation co-owner Gerald Blackard.
Alaska Air National Guard reports first incursion of Russian military planes since January
The Alaska Air National Guard’s 176th Wing identified the Russian aircraft Thursday when they entered international airspace off Alaska, according to a news release.
Residents of rural Alaska highway communities decry Kinross plan to haul ore from mine to mill, 240 miles away
“Anybody that ever had to pass or have an oncoming double come at you during a snowstorm can tell you it’s one of the most harrowing experiences that you’ll ever encounter,” says resident John Cook.
Denali Borough to require masking in schools
Opponents of the mask requirement include Tri-Valley Fire Department Chief Rob Graham, who suggested the pandemic may be overblown and that proponents of masking are "getting paid with COVID dollars."
Following JBER, Eielson Air Force Base restricts interactions off-base due to COVID
Eielson Air Force Base in Interior Alaska has increased its COVID-19 precautions after Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson’s commander declared a public health emergency on Friday due to a surge in COVID cases.
Alaska Air National Guard unit helps evacuate 1,700 people from war-torn Afghanistan
The Guard’s 176th Wing provided two big C-17 cargo planes and four aircrews to help U.S. forces evacuate Americans and others from Afghanistan.
Troopers investigating murder case after finding body in freezer near Tok
Alaska State Troopers have identified the 67-year-old Anchorage man whose body was found in a freezer near Tok earlier this year. And they’re are reaching out to the public for help in solving what they’re now calling a murder case.
Plan to lease land near Ester for mine draws ire from residents, recreators
An Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority decision to lease more than 10,000 acres north of Ester and near Fox to an Australia-based gold-mining company has alarmed people who live in the area and many others who go there to enjoy hiking, biking and other forms of recreation and subsistence.
UAF team digs up Chena, the abandoned gold rush boomtown that preceded Fairbanks
A group of University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers and students that spent six weeks at an archeological site just west of the city are compiling reports on what they found in the area, where the gold-mining town of Chena boomed more than a century ago before going bust.
‘Boondoggle’: Financial woes may jeopardize proposed Alaska-Canada railroad project
An ambitious plan to build a 1,600-mile railroad that would link the Alaskan and Canadian rail systems is on hold and appears to be in jeopardy.
Jury indicts Ft. Wainwright soldier for fatal shooting of BLM protester in Texas
Some Fairbanks residents are questioning why Sgt. Daniel Perry was stationed at an Alaska military base when he was facing charges of murder in Texas.
Military surveillance site in Clear gets a new operator: U.S. Space Force
Installation officials say the name-change won’t affect Clear’s main mission, which is to scan the horizon for incoming enemy missiles and alerting the U.S. missile defense system, including the base at Fort Greely, to the threat.
UAF museum starts work on ‘Into the Wild’ bus exhibit
Preliminary work began last week on a project to create a museum exhibit featuring the old bus where the central character in the book and movie “Into the Wild” spent his last days.
Veteran Fairbanks police officer quits, alleges sexual harassment and retaliation
In her complaint and letter of resignation filed Monday, Alana Malloy alleges that she has “endured repeated sexual harassment and retaliation,” by her supervisor and other Fairbanks Police officials. The police chief denies those allegations.
Anchorage man arrested at US-Canada border refuses to leave Fairbanks jail
An Anchorage man who was arrested last weekend for refusing to leave a checkpoint on the Alaska side of the U.S.-Canada border remains at Fairbanks Correctional Center. Authorities say 61-year-old Terry Sharkey now refusing to leave the jail.
Anchorage man in custody after being arrested on both sides of Alaska-Canada border
According to authorities, a 61-year-old man was arrested after being denied entry into Canada. After being sent back to a U.S. border station, he refused to leave and was taken to a Fairbanks Jail for trespassing.
Northern Edge military exercise gathers 15,000 servicemembers in Alaska
This year's Northern Edge will be the most widely dispersed, with operations on the ground and in the skies in Fairbanks, Anchorage, Juneau, King Salmon and Cold Bay, to name a few.
‘We’re all in this together’: Tanana Chiefs donates vaccine doses to Eielson Air Force Base
On Monday, the Fairbanks-based organization donated 800 surplus doses to Eielson Air Force Base to help protect servicemembers and their families and the civilian employees who work there.
Nearly 50 years after it was shut down, Army releases plan to get rid of Alaska’s first and only nuclear power plant
The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a document that outlines plans to decommission and dismantle Alaska’s first and only nuclear power plant — the old SM-1A at Fort Greely.