Alena Naiden
Alaska Desk Reporter at KNBABased at KNBA in Anchorage, Alena Naiden is an Alaska Desk reporter who focuses on rural and Indigenous communities in the Arctic and around the state.
Before joining the Desk, Alena was a reporter at the Anchorage Daily News and Arctic Sounder for over three years, covering a wide range of issues affecting the North Slope and Northwest Arctic. Before that, she wrote for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Alena is from Russia and considers herself lucky to call Alaska home.
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The event wrapped up in Anchorage on Saturday with the highest turnout since the pandemic. -
Young athletes from around the state will showcase their skills in competitions rooted in Indigenous subsistence practices. -
Sea ice in the Arctic was at a record low this winter, according to research released earlier this month from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. -
A program that provides coastal and ocean data to improve mariners’ safety would shut down if the federal agency loses over a quarter of its funds. -
The borough clerk has issued a recall petition in response to residents’ complaints about the mayor using public funds to pay for his family’s travel. -
At an oversight hearing, Sen. Murkowski highlighted programs that fund tutoring, language initiatives and post-secondary education opportunities for Native students. -
The order mandates ballots to be received by Election Day and requires proof of citizenship for registering to vote in federal elections. -
For farmers in Tyonek and reindeer herders in Nome, cuts to U.S. Department of Agriculture’s grants and staff challenge local food production. -
The 2023 report by the Not Invisible Act Commission focused on the disproportionate rates of assault and murder in Indigenous communities across the country– as well as unique issues faced by Alaska Native people. -
Josiah Patkotak received tens of thousands of dollars for at least 15 trips with his family — then the assembly voted to allow the practice.
