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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The test usually happens in late March, around the anniversary of the 1964 earthquake. -
The region has seen four fatal landslides in the last decade. -
The 10 Alaskans killed in the crash near Nome include a mentor to new teachers, a school counselor and two Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium employees traveling to service a local water plant. -
Nome residents gathered at a church vigil and fundraisers were scheduled in at least two communities, as the region came together in the wake of the tragedy. -
Authorities hope to recover the bodies of 10 people assumed killed, document evidence for investigation, and recover the plane wreckage while conditions are relatively safe. -
State troopers said local author Thomas McGuire, 79, went skating alone and failed to return, and that his vehicle was found in a parking lot near the lake. -
At stake is everything from grocery and lumber prices to the economies of border towns like Skagway. -
After running one of the most grueling stretches of the trail, mushers will rest at the town’s old schoolhouse. -
The Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program has helped thousands of students get their footing in science, engineering and business. -
The city’s only ambulance service ended its contract with the city last month.
