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KNBA Newscast: Monday, November 2, 2026

U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola speaks at a campaign rally held at the Bethel VFW hall on Nov. 1, 2026.
Samantha Watson/KYUK
U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola speaks at a campaign rally held at the Bethel VFW hall on Nov. 1, 2026.

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MARY PELTOLA. In the last stretch of her senate campaign, Democrat Mary Peltola held a rally in her hometown of Bethel. As KYUK’s Evan Erickson reports, Peltola says allegations that her campaign was involved in recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to enter the Senate race were news to her.

DAN SULLIVAN. In a weekend interview with CNN, Sen. Dan Sullivan accuses his opponent, Democrat Mary Peltola, of lying about the double Dans.

Aucha Kameroff, Arthur Richards Sr. and Raymond Brown Jr. pose for a photo in Kotzebue on Feb. 12.
Desiree Hagen/KOTZ
Aucha Kameroff, Arthur Richards Sr. and Raymond Brown Jr. pose for a photo in Kotzebue on Feb. 12.

VILLAGE VOTE. A Yup’ik grandmother has traveled hundreds of miles this year by snowmachine and boat, through some of the most remote parts of the state, to remind rural Alaskans that their vote matters. And as KOTZ’s Desiree Hagen reports, her work isn’t done.

Anchorage police block off the site of a police shooting near the Carrs on Huffman Road on Oct. 29, 2026.
Wesley Early, Alaska Public Media
Anchorage police block off the site of a police shooting near the Carrs on Huffman Road on Oct. 29, 2026.

APD SHOOTING. The Anchorage Police Department says it shot and killed a burglary suspect last week. Anchorage police have had nine-officer involved shootings this year, resulting in five deaths.

KODIAK FATAL PLANE CRASH. State Troopers have identified the man who was killed in a plane crash last week in Blue Fox Bay off Afognak Island.

A child walks through the haunted house the Trials of Aangaayuk on Oct. 29. 2026.
James Daggett
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Alaska Public Media
A child walks through the haunted house the Trials of Aangaayuk on Oct. 29. 2026.

NATIVE HAUNTED HOUSE. A haunted house inspired by traditional Alaska Native stories opened its doors to children and parents in Anchorage last week. Alena Naiden with the Alaska Desk says it was both enlightening and frightening.

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.