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KNBA News: Thursday, March 5, 2026

School bus passes by the State Capitol building in Juneau.
James Brookes, Alaska Beacon.
School bus passes by the State Capitol building in Juneau.

KNBA Top Stories:

  • State lawmakers consider another boost to education funding.
  • Alaska’s Congressional Delegation voted against a bill that would have limited the President’s power to continue the war against Iran.
  • The “Big, Beautiful” auction for drilling rights in Cook Inlet is a bust.
  • Alaska population loss looms with fewer births and more deaths in an aging population.
  • Passenger door detaches from plane enroute from Eek to Bethel.
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.