Top Stories
Matt Faubion, Alaska Public Media
KNBA's Top Stories: Thousands across Alaska took to the streets in Saturday’s nationwide No Kings protest. Anchorage police are investigate a shooting death and fire in South Anchorage. A California heli-skier dies in an avalanche in the Chugach Mountains on Friday.
Waatsasdiyei Apayakuk Yates
Alaska National Guard/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images
Arts, Culture, Community
-
Studio Q & A: Jitshla Tobitha Woods, First Alaskans Institute -
-
KNBA News
-
Lawmakers are calling for the Trump administration to waive the fee for teachers hired through the H-1B visa program, which allows employers to recruit highly-skilled workers from overseas. The federal government raised the fee from $5,000 to $100,000 for each new applicant to the H-1B visa program in September 2025. -
The state board will create a new committee to review concerns, including student services and maintenance needs, after roughly a quarter of students disenrolled this year. -
The voter credentials bill got 51 votes to advance but not enough to clear the Senate. Sen. Murkowski says she's for voter ID but says the bill would disenfranchise Alaskans. -
The first lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska since 2019 generated $163 million in high bids, but some bids were for protected land. -
The Alaska Board of Fisheries is meeting Tuesday through Saturday in Anchorage at the Egan Civic and Convention Center to consider changes to statewide finfish fisheries.
