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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Turner didn’t make any commitments on altering the federal funding formula. He said he is mostly in the state to listen to concerns. -
Dustin Madden, 40, is accused of planting GPS trackers underneath four different vehicles belonging to women he worked with at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport. -
The two world leaders are set to meet in Alaska on Aug. 15. -
Anchorage school officials built their budget around a smaller per-student funding increase than what legislators ultimately restored — and now the district will receive about $10 million more than planned. -
The screenings, which will happen primarily at middle and high schools, are aimed at deterring students from bringing weapons to class. -
“What I'm trying to do is not win elections. I am just trying to do the best that I can for Alaskans,” Murkowski told reporters, defending her vote for President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. -
Spokeswoman Julie Hasquet said Chugach Electric has received dozens of calls in the last week from members who say they’ve been told they need to pay immediately, or will lose service. -
Under the new policy, high school students can only use cellphones during passing periods and lunch. Elementary and middle school students are not allowed to use their phones all day. -
Anchorage police say they were notified around 6 p.m. Sunday that a 21-year-old man had gone missing while paddleboarding without a life jacket on Delong Lake. -
Police Chief Sean Case said the department’s special operations team has been using drones for the past couple years, but now general patrol officers will use them, too.
