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The winner of the 2026 Tiny Desk Contest is revealed by NPR Music's Bobby Carter. It's the 12th time that an unsigned musical artist has won the nationwide challenge.

KNBA Top Stories: Sen. Lisa Murkowski says it was agonizing to vote for President Trump's mega-budget bill. An Air Force staff sergeant dies in a kayaking accident on the Chena River. An elderly Palmer man is killed in a one-car rollover. In another fatal rollover in Anchorage two weeks ago, a man dies from his injuries. It’s a new chapter for Pilgrim Hot Springs near Nome.

KNBA Top Stories: Anchorage Police investigate fatal shooting in Fairview. State Troopers investigate connection between a Valdez women’s disappearance and Glennallen hotel fire. A Thanksgiving Day fire in the Southwest Alaska village of Eek takes the life of an elder. Senate Republicans meet over the holidays to fill two Senate vacancies. Hearings to consider designating a state forest on the Kenai Peninsula,

KNBA's Top Stories: Linguists across the state say the Alaska Native Language Center is being starved of funding. University of Alaska employees have voted to form a union. Anchorage police have released new information about a death last weekend. Today is the deadline for those affected by last October’s devastating coastal storm to apply for aid from FEMA.

KNBA's Top Stories: Anchorage Police are investigating the discovery of a body found in a Spenard neighborhood. A move to raise Alaska’s age of consent is back, bundled into a major crime bill up this week. Emergency food boxes fed thousands of Alaskans — now the money’s running out. State Senate passes bill to eliminate petroleum based dyes from school meals.

KNBA Top Stories: Anchorage Police Chief responds to criticism over handling of the Kelly Hunt case.Alaskaland or Pioneer Park: Just a name, or something more? This summer’s commercial salmon harvest forecast is out, and it’s calling for lower catches.

KNBA's top stories: The legislature wrapped up the regular session last night, but they are already back at it today, tackling the governor's gasline tax. Efforts are underway in Juneau and Washington, D.C., to bring more help to two villages hit by last fall’s storm. Also: Step aboard an Arctic research ship—without leaving Anchorage.

KNBA’S Top Stories: As fuel barges head to Rural Alaska to make fuel deliveries, communities are bracing for skyrocketing prices. The TSA reports long security lines due to problems with its screening equipment at the Anchorage airport. After more than 50 years, an Alaska Native Vietnam veteran finally gets the welcome home he never received.

Some of KNBA's Top Stories: A man died after an officer-involved shooting in Utqiagvik on Saturday. Anchorage Police are investigating a shooting near Lyn Ary Park that injured a man. University of Alaska regents hear from faculty about the need for a more proactive policy on artificial intelligence.From flood to graduation: Seven Southwest Alaska students celebrate hard-won milestone.

KNBA Top Stories: Sharp criticism from Sen. Lisa Murkowski over President Trump’s threats to Iran. The partial federal shutdown takes its toll on the Coast Guard base in Kodiak. Three incumbents and three newcomers are elected to the Anchorage Assembly. And Iditarod Champ Jesse Holmes winning streak continues in Kotzebue’s challenging Kobuk 440 Sled Dog Race.