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 Assembly instead approved a resolution calling for greater partnerships on gun safety between city agencies and the state. -
Researcher Matt Haney says the decrease in likelihood is due to a drop in a few indicators of volcanic unrest, namely shallow earthquakes and inflation of the volcano’s surface. -
As part of the restructuring, the program’s assistant director was placed on administrative leave, with a notice of layoff in June. She and the one other full-time staff member have since left, according to UAA. -
One of the students is recent UAA graduate Jean Kashikov, who’s originally from Kazakhstan and had been working as a flight instructor in Wasilla since March. -
”We won't fix a housing crisis like ours through simply one single action,” Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said. “We need to be committed to a series of actions that make it cheaper and easier to build or renovate.” -
“We believe that this is an illegal action,” said Alaska Humanities Forum President and CEO Kameron Perez-Verdia. -
Delta Junction struggles to keep its only ambulance service. Also, a delay in plans to demolish an old Juneau neighborhood for new housing leaves current tenants in limbo. -
Ho has worked at the paper since 2015 in various editorial roles, most recently as the managing editor. -
A bill substantially increasing education funding clears a hurdle in the state Senate. Also, critics debate the transparency of the University of Alaska's decision to scrub diversity-related language. -
A school principal pleads with state lawmakers to increase base student funding. Also, lawmakers approve a new screening policy at the state capitol.
