Alena Naiden
Alaska Desk Reporter | KNBA 90.3FMBased 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 state plans to build more than 150 new weather stations, but on any given day up to 20 existing stations in Alaska are not reporting. -
The plane crashed onto an ice floe after experiencing "severe icing conditions,' killing all nine passengers and the pilot. -
No flight cancellations were immediately reported. -
This week, the U.S. Department of Justice announced the settlement of a lawsuit over claims that the consortium was underpaid for over 7 years. -
EPA officials and Sen. Dan Sullivan said the move would help fight rising fuel prices. -
The tribes can now get technical or financial assistance for agriculture projects from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service. -
The Federal Aviation Administration closed seven of the stations after placing a number of employees on administrative leave last month. -
In parts of the Arctic, traffic has been increasing as sea ice declines -
Alaska Native leaders have been advocating for more veterinary care in villages for years. -
Whimbrel populations have shrunk by about 70% over the past several decades. The birds are considered threatened by the United Nations.
