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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.
  • Courtesy of Alaska MMIWG2s Working Group-Andrés Javier Camacho
    Some of KNBA's Top Stories: Searching for answers at the MMIP Justice Summit that embrace the heart, as well as the mind. Former Governor Bill Walker is pondering a plunge into the already crowded governor's race. Thin ice causes problems for whaling crews on the North Slope.
  • Courtesy of MMIWG2s Alaska Working Group / Photographer-Jeff Chen
    Some of KNBA’s top stories today: Several organizations that advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous People team up to hold their first statewide summit in Anchorage. For the first time in 17 years, state lawmakers pass an increase to state unemployment benefits. The FAA fines Alaska Airlines. And in South Naknek, you don't catch a bus to go to school, but ride on an airplane.
  • KNBA's top stories: The legislature wrapped up the regular session last night, but they are already back at it today, tackling the governor's gasline tax. Efforts are underway in Juneau and Washington, D.C., to bring more help to two villages hit by last fall’s storm. Also: Step aboard an Arctic research ship—without leaving Anchorage.
  • KNBA's top stories: Anchorage Police shot and killed an armed man in East Anchorage yesterday, the fourth officer involved shooting of the year. Governor Mike Dunleavy has called a special session to deal with the natural gas pipeline tax. Sen. Lisa Murkowski predicts that Trump’s push to oust Republican critics will fail. A five-acre fire in South Anchorage on Tuesday signals the start of the wildfire season, while break-up on the Yukon River bring flood waters to Holy Cross and the threat of flooding to Russian Mission.
  • Some of KNBA's Top Stories: Anchorage police say the death of Kelly Hunt, a missing Shaktoolik student who had been missing for months, is a tragedy — but so far, not a crime. The Anchorage Assembly is set to vote on a measure that would reactivate its public safety commission.
  • KNBA’S Top Stories: Alaska lawmakers race against the clock this week, as the Legislature’s regular session is set to end by Wednesday night. Amid a major housing shortage, Anchorage city planners hope to make construction cheaper with an updated building code. A storm forced seven Southwest Alaska seniors from their homes — but not from finishing high school.
  • KNBA’s Top Stories: Data for Indigenous Justice receives national award from the “Courage Project.”The Alaska Legislature, in a historic vote, rejected Stephen Cox, Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s pick for attorney general. Divers search the murky waters of Gastineau Channel this week in hopes of locating the body of a Juneau man who has been missing for nearly a year.
  • Alaska lawmakers defend the ability of Native corporations to win federal contracts in the 8(a) Small Business Administration program. Depending on what the legislature does, the Anchorage School District could reverse plans to close three schools. Could the giant green cabbage become an official Alaska state symbol? Students at a Juneau middle school get hands on experience carving Lingít canoe paddles.
  • 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.
  • 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: Two challengers to Congressman Nick Begich took to the stage at what organizers dubbed a a town hall meeting. A Congressional field hearing in Bethel looks at why more than a thousand Alaskans are stillin limbo after being displaced after last fall’s devastating storm. Construction to connect two popular trails in Anchorage is set to begin this summer.
  • KNBA's Top Stories: The Downtown Hope Center is expanding in Anchorage, doubling its space and job training programs to help more people move out of homelessness. Also, the Senate passed its budget, with a smaller Permanent Fund Dividend than the House version. A survey of Alaskans shows confidence in the economy is down. Anchorage shares space with wildlife—but feeding them can now cost you.The Alaska Native Heritage Center kicks off its summer season with a Mother’s Day Celebration.