Tim Ellis

Seattle

Freelance Journalist and Host at Freelance

Senior Data Journalist at Redfin

Founder and Co-Host at Dispatches from the Multiverse

I've given up on this wasteland. Find me at @[email protected] | Host of @DispatchesFM. I tweet about podcasts, data, games, real estate, EVs, drones.

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Three Bears Delta Junction

Nov 15, 2024 | newsminer.com | Tim Ellis

Now, more than ever, the world needs trustworthy reporting—but good journalism isn’t free. Please support us by subscribing or making a contribution. The Daily News-Miner is locally owned by the Helen E. Snedden Foundation, a 501(c)(3)
Rohit Sharma Remains Calm As New Zealand Poke The Indian Bear

Oct 21, 2024 | flipboard.com | Tim Ellis

NowKing Charles did the same thing just last month. Queen Camilla and King Charles's royal tour of Australia and Samoa is already making history. Not only did the queen bring out some heavy-hitting jewels for the trip, but she broke royal protocol and proved that she's not a normal queen, she's a cool …
Salcha man killed in collision with Manh Choh mine ore-hauling truck

Oct 1, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Tim Ellis

A Salcha man was killed Monday on the Richardson Highway, when the vehicle he was driving was struck by a double-trailer gold-ore haul truck headed for the Manh Choh gold mine near Tetlin. Salcha Fire and Rescue Chief Ricky Holland said a call reporting the crash, south of Eielson Air Force Base, came in early Monday. “So we were dispatched at 6:25 a.m. for a motor-vehicle accident of a semi versus a car,” Holland said.
Russian aircraft again intercepted in international airspace off Alaska

Sep 26, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Tim Ellis

news release that it detected and tracked four Russian aircraft that flew into the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ, earlier Monday. A spokesperson said the Russian formation included two Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers and two Su-35 Flanker jet fighters. The spokesperson said Tuesday that NORAD scrambled four F-16s fighters and a reconnaissance aircraft to escort the Russian formation through the zone.
Investigators to examine wreckage of fatal plane crash near McGrath

Sep 16, 2024 | alaskapublic.org | Tim Ellis

Investigators looking into the cause of a fatal plane crash last month near McGrath have recovered the wreckage and will soon begin examining it for evidence of mechanical problems. The chief of the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska office said that investigators are preparing to begin a detailed analysis of the wrecked single-engine plane that crashed in a remote mountainous area about 60 miles south of McGrath.
Is The Hundred’s Shiny Happy People Vibe Wearing Thin?

Aug 11, 2024 | forbes.com | Tim Ellis

When the England and Wales Cricket Board announced plans for the Hundred in 2018, the initial reaction from counties and player bodies was one of derision. “This is a fresh and exciting idea which will appeal to a younger audience and attract new fans to the game,” insisted the then Chief Executive of the ECB, Tom Harrison.
Chinese and Russian aircraft joined for ‘first time’ in sortie near Alaska

Aug 8, 2024 | ktoo.org | Tim Ellis

U.S. military experts say a formation of four Russian and Chinese bombers that flew through international airspace off Alaska last month signals China’s growing interest in the Arctic and Russia’s intention to support its ally’s operations in the region. The sortie of two Russian bombers and two Chinese bombers through international airspace off Alaska was unprecedented – a fact that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed in a news briefing he held the day after the incident.
Wimbledon Keeps Tennis Front And Center Before Euros And World Cups

Jul 3, 2024 | forbes.com | Tim Ellis

When Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that the United Kingdom general election would be on July 4, one of the Telegraph opinion writers penned their immediate thoughts. “A July Election? Thanks a lot Rishi, you've ruined Wimbledon,” read the headline in the British broadsheet. Standing in the rain to announce the election date was a quintessentially English scene that could have been from Wimbledon itself. This time, Novak Djokovic wasn’t there to clear up the damp.
Demolition of Fort Greely’s old nuclear plant to begin this year

Jun 20, 2024 | alaskapublic.org | Tim Ellis

The Army Corps of Engineers has decided to begin demolition of Fort Greely’s long-mothballed nuclear power plant this summer, a year earlier than planned. That means trucks will begin hauling construction debris off-site this fall. The SM-1A nuclear power plant was taken off-line back in 1972, and the most radioactive reactor components were removed. More than 50 years later, the building that housed the reactor is scheduled for demolition.
Eielson looking into cause of F-16’s in-flight emergency

Jun 11, 2024 | alaskapublic.org | Tim Ellis

Eielson Air Force Base investigators are looking into the cause of an in-flight emergency that required an F-16 fighter pilot to jettison the plane’s fuel tanks shortly after taking off from the base last month. Meanwhile Eielson officials also are also preparing to remove contaminated soil from the off-base area where the tanks hit the ground.