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KNBA News: Friday, May 20, 2026

Olena Dubchenko and her son Maksim in their Anchorage apartment on March 27, 2026.
Matt Faubion, Alaska Public Media
Olena Dubchenko and her son Maksim in their Anchorage apartment on March 27, 2026.

KNBA's Top Stories:

  • Many of Alaska’s Ukrainian refugees stuck in a state of political limbo, unsure what comes next.
  • The Aleutians East Borough and three other groups are suing the Alaska Board of Fisheries.
  • A federal ban on Russian seafood imports to the United States is about to expire.
  • El Nino is on its way, bringing warmer-than-normal weather through the summer and winter.
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.