The Alaska Desk is a statewide reporting collaborative between Alaska Public Media and public radio stations KHNS in Haines, KNBA in Anchorage, KUAC in Fairbanks and a regional Aleutians partnership split between KUCB in Unalaska, KSDP in Sand Point and KUHB in St. Paul. The partnership supports four reporters, three editors and a grants writer and manager.
The goal of the Alaska Desk is to better serve the communities where we live, and all Alaskans, by enhancing local news coverage of rural communities throughout the state. The Desk provides editing support and professional development to public media reporters, many of whom are in one- and two-person newsrooms. Another purpose of the Alaska Desk is to build stronger collaboration with the 27 public broadcasting stations in Alaska.
This partnership is made possible by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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On the eve of Beerfest in Haines, Murkowski sat down with local reporters to talk about everything from Medicaid and federal funding to the borough’s troubled Lutak Dock project. -
The Aleutians East Borough school recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of its first graduating class of 1975. -
The lawsuit is rooted in Skagway’s attempt to tax the industry’s commission fees on excursions. -
The new definition would exclude protections for habitat under the Endangered Species Act. -
No airlines have applied to serve the isolated Pribilof community, which will lose its only commercial air service to Anchorage in the fall. -
But their future in the state is uncertain after the Trump administration suspended the programs that brought them to the United States. -
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, more than 120 Ukrainians have settled in the Delta Junction area. -
The Chilkoot Indian Association’s new restaurant and other businesses aim to bring in more revenue – and remind visitors of the area’s Native traditions. -
With new EU tariffs looming, Alaska seafood leaders look to Trump's trade deals for support. -
State officials say the original funding has played a major role in fueling Alaska’s efforts to respond to landslide risk, which is intensifying with climate change.
