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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Residents have been trying to remove the mayor from office for using public funds to pay for his family’s travel -
The National Transportation Safety Board has been investigating the crash. -
Efforts to recover the wreckage began Friday. -
Two people died in Wednesday’s crash, according to the NTSB. -
The census is a way to evaluate population’s health and support subsistence -
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, more than 120 Ukrainians have settled in the Delta Junction area. -
A senate oversight hearing focused on cuts to services like child care, help for domestic violence victims and substance abuse prevention. -
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.
