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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Anchorage IT staff say over 2,100 responses were logged in under an hour, leading officials to believe they were fraudulent. -
The organization will shut down afterschool care at Turnagain Elementary and the Woodland Park child development center on Dec. 24, laying off all staff and sending families scrambling for alternative care. -
But don’t expect snow to come with the deep December freeze, says National Weather Service climate researcher Brian Brettschneider. -
Schools in the area were closed Monday and dozens of residents cycled through an emergency shelter set up by the American Red Cross. -
More than 30 people weighed in on the proposal during its first public hearing, with about three-quarters opposed. -
ASD spokesman MJ Thim said by email that there are roughly 200 vacancies in the district. -
Officials say Typhoon Halong, the federal government shutdown and SNAP delays have made this holiday season a particularly fraught time for people struggling to stay fed. -
“I do remember laying there being chewed on and trying to play dead,” Victoria Lydle said, recounting the July attack while surrounded by many public safety workers who saved her. -
The Eaglexit movement gained momentum this week when it submitted a draft detachment petition to the state boundary commission. “This is definitely the furthest we've gotten,” says the group’s chair. -
It’s the first time since 2006 that the school district and union will enter arbitration because they remain at odds over contract terms. If arbitration fails, it could result in a teachers strike.
