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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Six years after the old one burned down, Kaktovik’s new gym is a place to play, celebrate and shelter. -
Sec. Doug Burgum stopped briefly in Alaska Thursday on his way to a conference in Tokyo. -
Federal fisheries regulators said a cap would balance protections for Western Alaska salmon with the health of pollock fisheries. -
All of the lawsuits cite the initial finding that the plane flew into icing conditions while overweight. -
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who co-led the oversight hearing, said it helps both the U.S. government and Indigenous communities in Alaska and across the country. -
Kipnuk leaders are calling hundreds of tribal members to determine the village’s future after last fall’s storm caused widespread destruction. -
The family of JaDee Moncur, one of the passengers, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Nome Superior Court on Thursday. -
The remnants of Typhoon Halong destroyed homes, contaminated water and left Kipnuk residents with a critical choice: rebuild in the same spot or move to higher ground? -
The Department of Interior said it was illegal in the first place to grant Nuiqsut rights over an area inside NPR-A. -
From fish scales to flat terrain, local skiers — including Olympian Kikkan Randall — share how to make your first laps more fun.
