KUAC-FM (Fairbanks, AK)

KUAC is a non-profit FM radio station located in Fairbanks, Alaska, broadcasting at a frequency of 89.9 MHz. The University of Alaska Fairbanks manages the station, which first went on air on October 2, 1962. Initially broadcasting at 104.9 MHz, KUAC was Alaska's first non-commercial radio station and the second FM station in the state, following KNIK in Anchorage.

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Nenana jury finds women guilty of conning elderly friend in real estate deal

5 days ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

Guilty on all counts – that’s the jury’s verdict in the case of two Nenana women charged with first-degree theft and scheme to defraud. Nenana Senior Center Director Vickie Moyle, 67, and her daughter, Annie Williams, 48, were accused of scamming their 74-year-old friend in a 2019 real estate deal, and Friday’s decision marks the second time a jury has found the women guilty. The verdict from a 2022 trial in Fairbanks got tossed because some of the testimony had broken rules of evidence.
North Pole City Council brings on 2 new members, but voting procedure struggles to pick out clear winners

6 days ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

The North Pole City Council chose two new members to fill vacant seats Monday after lightning round interviews with the seven applicants. The addition of the new members mean North Pole voters have elected only half of the current city council through a typical election. Two members, Chandra Clack and Ellen Glab, announced their resignations back-to-back in recent months for unrelated reasons, leaving the pair of empty seats that the council filled this week.
04-18-25 Beyond The Weather

6 days ago | fm.kuac.org | Dan Bross |Rick Thoman

Dan Bross and Rick Thoman talk about the 4 phases of Alaska's wildfire season, as outlined in a new report.
04-18-25 MORNING NEWS

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Shelby Herbert

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed an education bill that would have raised the Base Student Allocation by $1,000;Two Nenana women facing fraud and theft charges for allegedly scamming their 74-year-old friend are awaiting a verdict;And Alaska organizations that provide weather and environmental information to mariners and subsistence hunters are bracing for funding cuts.
5 takeaways from the week: Nearing a constitutional crisis?

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Domenico Montanaro

The week was dominated by news about President Trump and the continued struggle over the narrative around Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man who was illegally deported to El Salvador. But there was also continued concern around Trump's tariffs — with the Federal Reserve chair saying they're likely to lead to higher prices — and the tension between the scientific establishment and Robert F.
04-17-25 MORNING NEWS

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Shelby Herbert

The Alaska House of Representatives passed its version of the state operating budget;North Pole's city council has chosen two new members;The University of Alaska Southeast expects to retain funding following the Trump administration's crackdown on DEI;And the Matanuska-Susitna Borough is asking government agencies to provide Ukrainian refugees with a clear pathway for residency.
'We were all friends': Second round of elderly fraud trial underway in Nenana

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

Attorneys delivered opening statements Tuesday in the second trial for two Nenana women accused of conning their elderly friend into a bad real estate deal in September 2019. A Nenana jury will decide whether Vickie Moyle,67, and her daughter, Annie Williams, 48, are guilty of felony first-degree theft and scheme to defraud. The case centers around the home of then-74-year-old Mae Jensen, and the way the parties agreed it would change hands.
04-16-25 KUAC MORNING NEWS

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

Retrial begins in case involving a real estate deal gone wrong in Nenana. Trump administration revoked visas for four students affiliated with the University of Alaska. NORAD intercepts six Russian aircraft in the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone. Fort Greely is saying so long to scrap material from old nuclear power plant.
Fort Greely nuclear powerplant demolition waste shipments begin

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Tim Ellis

Trucks hauling containers of hazardous and low-level radioactive debris 'will continue throughout the summer' Contractors dismantling Fort Greely’s old nuclear power plant have begun shipping scrap material from the project to a radioactive-waste storage site in Texas. Army Corps of Engineers contractors last month began moving the tons of scrap material they’ve generated since the demolition work began in October.
Fairbanks judge: Delta Junction City Council recall election is a go

1 week ago | fm.kuac.org | Patrick Gilchrist

Delta Junction voters will soon decide whether a city council member should keep her seat. That’s after a judge denied Stormie Mitchell’s effort to halt her recall election. In an order issued March 28, Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Patricia Haines said that Mitchell’s case doesn’t meet the legal bar for granting a preliminary injunction or temporary restraining order. That means the election will take place Friday, as originally planned.