https://www.kucb.org/tags/anchorage-daily-news Anchorage Daily News en-US Copyright Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:03:29 GMT https://www.kucb.org/regional/2026-07-30/u-s-phone-customers-pay-340-000-a-year-to-wire-empty-houses-on-adak-investigative-report-shows Most of the buildings in Adak sit empty. But more than 300 of them are wired for internet, a cost U.S. phone customers are paying. A new investigation from the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica found the cost comes to more than $340,000 a year for a service no one on the island was using. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:03:29 GMT https://www.kucb.org/regional/2026-07-30/u-s-phone-customers-pay-340-000-a-year-to-wire-empty-houses-on-adak-investigative-report-shows Sofia Stuart-Rasi