Jill Fratis

It’s day two of the 2025 Native Youth Olympics. Sen. Lisa Murkowski recently toured Kodiak’s aging waterfront infrastructure.

Today kicks off the start of the 2025 Olympics! The state of Alaska might give ownership of certain tidelands on Mitkof Island to the Petersburg Borough.

A few dozen protesters visited Alaska Congressman Nick Begich’s Anchorage office Monday, and the ocean off Utqiagvik is covered with ragged sea ice ridges in early April.

Four fatal landslides in Southeast Alaska over the last decade have sparked a region-wide effort to better understand and prepare for mounting risk. The Anchorage Assembly threw out proposals for two firearm-related ordinances at a special meeting last week.

Tune in to KNBA this week, as we bring you the energy and personality of the 2025 Native Youth Olympics! KNBA will have special news coverage, and live at noon to 1 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, join us for Alaska's Native Voice-hear from athletes, coaches, and more voices from NYO

Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed an increase to school funding last week.

A group of Native youth from across the country are representing their communities on a national level this year, including a young woman from Unalakleet.

A group of Native youth from across the country are representing their communities on a national level this year. Arctic research has not been spared as President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk seek to slash what they see as unnecessary government spending.

Alaska organizations that provide weather and environmental information to mariners and subsistence hunters are bracing for reduced funding, Every April there's an annual Kenai Peninsula Borough School District student art show. I’m Jill Fratis, and this is your KNBA News Update.

Report released on a fatal cargo plane crash near Fairbanks. Governor Mike Dunleavy's administration releases long awaited report on state salaries.