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KNBA News: Monday, March 9, 2026

KNBA | By Rhonda McBride
Published March 9, 2026 at 9:52 AM AKDT
Ryan Redington and his team head out on Saturday's Iditarod ceremonial race start. He won the Iditarod championship in 2023.
Matt Faubion, Alaska Public Media
Ryan Redington and his team head out on Saturday's Iditarod ceremonial race start. He won the Iditarod championship in 2023.

KNBA's Top Stories:

  • The Trump administration attempts to restore state authority over hunting and trapping on federal park preserves in Alaska.
  • Iditarod mushers are in the first leg of the 1000-mile race from Anchorage to Nome.
  • Among a field of 37 mushers, five are Indigenous mushers. And two of those are former champions.
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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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