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KNBA WEBCAST: Thursday, August 13, 2026

Ann Lind secures sandbags at her house on Marion Drive on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
Clarise Larson/KTOO
Ann Lind secures sandbags at her house on Marion Drive on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.

KNBA’s Top Stories:

GLACIAL FLOODING. Juneau residents grapple with whether to stay or flee as glacial outburst floodwaters rise. Yesterday, emergency managers urged people in the flood zone to evacuate immediately. Waters rose to levels past 14 feet, considered the major flood stage. Flooding is expected to crest at above 16 feet between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Thursday.

A driftnet on the Kuskokwim River set up to catch salmon.
Dean Swope/KYUK
A driftnet on the Kuskokwim River set up to catch salmon.

KUSKOKWIM COHOS. Emergency closures for Coho or silver salmon on the Kuskokwim, where the run is tracking similar to 2022, when returns were the lowest in more than two decades.

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.