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KNBA News: Friday, June 26, 2025

KNBA | By Rhonda McBride
Published June 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM AKDT
The Migratory Bird Festival attendees rode around Utqiaġvik in school buses for several hours, spotting more than 60 different species.
Migratory Bird Festival photo
Those taking part in Utqiaġvik's Migratory Bird Festival tour spotted more than 60 different species.

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Rhonda McBride
Rhonda McBride has a long history of working in both television and radio in Alaska, going back to 1988, when she was news director at KYUK, the public radio and TV stations in Bethel, which broadcast in both the English and Yup’ik languages.
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