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Daily 4–6 minute newscasts from KNBA News deliver the latest headlines and issues across Alaska, produced and hosted by our local news team.
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    KNBA's Top Stories: The Anchorage Fire Department expects an average wildfire season, but average doesn’t mean risk free. National Democrats reserve ten million dollars in Alaska TV ads. President Trump passes through Alaska enroute to China. This summer, The Jungle Book meets the Bering Sea—the story of the White Seal, retold through the eyes of a young Unangan hero. Haines turns out to celebrate the re-opening of its only convenience store.
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    KNBA's Top Stories: A small but significant shift for the Marine Corps in Alaska. In her challenge against Senator Dan Sullivan, Mary Peltola launches an “affordability” campaign. Despite setbacks, Huna Totem says plans to open its new dock in Juneau are full steam ahead. And Kodiak positions itself for an aquaculture boom.
  • KNBA’s Top Stories: The debate over how much to subsidize the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas project dominates the final days of the legislative session. Months after Typhoon Halong, Western Alaska villages are still rebuilding — and considering relocation. The Nenana Ice Classic tripod has fallen — and this year’s timing surprised even the scientists.
  • KNBA Top Stories: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle failed to override the governor’s veto of election reform legislation. The Alaska Federation of Natives reacts to Monday’s failed veto override. Alaska Native artists say Etsy’s new fur ban discriminates against them. Teens in Alaska are getting hurt on ATVs at higher rates than any other age group.
  • KNBA’S Top Stories: One legislator from Western Alaska says that pain from high fuel costs has an outsized impact on his constituents. The village of Shaktoolik says goodbye to Kelly Hunt, the 19-year-old whose remains were found in Anchorage two weeks ago. Hear the full interview with Lynda Bekoalok, a longtime Shaktoolik teacher, who shares memories about one of her most promising students.
  • KNBA’s Top Stories: The governor vetoes a bipartisan election reform bill. More than 200 gathered at the UAA Campus to bring attention to missing and murdered Indigenous women. Following the death of Kelly Hunt, Soldotna Representative Justin Ruffridge says Alaska is failing Alaska Native Women. A confidential informant is suing over a State. A sudden stop on the Goldbelt Tram leaves riders injured.
  • KNBA Top Stories: A fellow officer reported it a month ago—now an Anchorage police officer is facing charges for driving his patrol car while drunk. Tax breaks for Alaska’s massive LNG project remain a work in progress. A bill re-establishing a defined pension for teachers and other public employees is on its way to the governor. A walk to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People is set for tonight at the University of Alaska Anchorage. And a herd of the muskox that ranges along the Kuskokwim River in Southwest Alaska is growing, but not yet large enough to allow legal hunts and poachers aren't helping.
  • A former Nome Superior Court judge faces new misconduct charges involving social media contact with apparent sex workers. Communities were excited about federal money for new weather stations in Alaska, but so far, no word yet on where they will go. New research shows that warmer weather means warmer water –which gives invasive northern pike a biological edge when it comes to gobbling up more juvenile salmon.
  • KNBA Top Stories: Anchorage Police Chief responds to criticism over handling of the Kelly Hunt case.Alaskaland or Pioneer Park: Just a name, or something more? This summer’s commercial salmon harvest forecast is out, and it’s calling for lower catches.
  • KNBA Top Stories: A body found in a Spenard ravine last week has been identified as Kelly Hunt, a Shaktoolik college student missing since January. A former Juneau chiropractor facing multiple sexual assault charges could see his re-trial moved to Anchorage. In Southwest Alaska, a 3-year-old Goodnews Bay boy died after crashing through the ice and being trapped in a culvert. Anchorage pedestrian deaths are on the rise.
  • KNBA Top Stories: The Senate Judiciary Committee questions the governor’s nominee for the Police Standards Council about her social media posts. National Democrats are moving big money into Alaska’s U.S. House race. After months without airline service, passengers from St. Paul Island are back with regularly scheduled flights. Budget cuts at East Anchorage High School hit close to home, as students lose their band director.
  • KNBA Top Stories: GCI says its purchase of Quintillion will help to close the digital divide in Alaska. A federal oil and gas lease sale is coming to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. An Israeli company called Moonshot has partnered with the Alaska Aerospace Corporation to bring an electromagnetic satellite launching system to Alaska. A bill that would ban Alaska restaurants from serving food in styrofoam containers has passed the House.