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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Under a new ordinance, the city attorney will release a public, bi-annual report to the Assembly on legal claims over $200,000 the city settles out of court. -
The standoff between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz may seem far removed from Alaska energy supplies, but now rural residents are facing fuel price hikes and possible supply limitations. -
At issue is whether the Anchorage School District gave appropriate notice to the community when it decided to recommend closing Campbell STEM Elementary School to address the district’s roughly $90 million budget deficit. -
A grand jury indicted Marcus Mewborn, 30, in connection to an April 15 incident in which Mewborn allegedly fired on officers while fleeing from a stolen vehicle. -
Park led challenger Dave Donley by 26 votes after an automatic recount Friday. -
Kamehameha Patterson, 24, is alleged to have choked his wife twice in their home on April 7 before fleeing from police and getting injured by a police dog helping arrest him. -
Eva Gardner, Anchorage’s city attorney, said there’s concern that disclosing the settlements publicly could lead to more legal claims against the city. -
Janice Park leads Dave Donley by just 41 votes in the race to replace Felix Rivera as a Midtown Anchorage Assembly member. City law dictates that a recount be held if a candidate leads by less than 0.5% of the vote, and Park was ahead by just 0.38%, as of Friday night. -
Officials say the soldiers were injured during a “land navigation training event” at the base. A task force from the base responded to the incident and provided medical care. -
Kendra Kloster, director of government relations for the Alaska Federation of Natives, said many issues surrounding Alaska Native incarceration can be attributed to historical traumas the population has faced.
