The second day of the 2024 First Alaskans Institute Elders and Youth Conference opened with a powerful speech from this year’s Elder keynote speaker. The Alaska Federation of Natives Subsistence Committee has drafted a resolution that calls for Alaska Natives to oversee subsistence on Native Corporation lands.

The First Alaskan Institute’s 2024 Elders and Youth Conference kicked off Monday honoring a Native journalist. A new Fairbanks mayor was recently chosen.

KNBA's Top Stories: The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley is back in Kodiak for the first time since July. A hundred photos were entered in this year’s Alaska Federation of Natives photo contest.

Cathy Tagnak Rexford says Cold Case wasn’t an easy play to write. But she hopes that by telling one family's story of heartbreak and courage, she might get Alaskans to look at the high rate of missing and murdered Indigenous people with new eyes.

An update on the Amy Demboski lawsuit against the state. A coalition of Alaskans, fishing groups, and environmental organizations is pushing for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council to take action on trawling.

Julie Kitka became the third Alaska native leader to be inducted into the National Native American Indian Hall of Fame. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced Friday afternoon (Oct. 4) that Bering Sea fishermen will be allowed to harvest snow crab for the first time in two years.

The Anchorage Assembly has once again rejected paying a legal settlement to former municipal manager Amy Demboski. The international oil company ConocoPhillips has signed a $300 million deal to buy portions of the Kuparuk and Prudhoe Bay oil fields owned by Chevron USA.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced a pivotal decision on the Eklutna River that will affect the future of clean hydroelectric power generation, drinking water, and fish habitat in the Anchorage area. Four people who died when a plane they were flying in crashed near St. Mary’s last month faced highly variable visibility that caused another plane to turn back shortly before the accident.

According to the state health department, Alaska had a record number of opioid deaths last year. Katmai National Park and Preserve’s annual celebration of brown bears gearing up for hibernation kicked off earlier this week.

Ketchikan’s third avenue bypass reopened Tuesday morning, more than a month after a fatal landslide came down over the road. The remote Aleutian village of Nikolski held its annual salmon derby.