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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Skagway has seen its population drop by over 2% on average per year, the largest decrease regionwide. -
At an oversight hearing, Sen. Murkowski highlighted programs that fund tutoring, language initiatives and post-secondary education opportunities for Native students. -
The order mandates ballots to be received by Election Day and requires proof of citizenship for registering to vote in federal elections. -
Facing potential endangered species status for Gulf of Alaska king salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is rolling out fishing restrictions across western Alaska. -
The company is seeking permits to build a log transfer facility and storage site in Haines’ Lutak Inlet, a popular spot for commercial and subsistence fishing. -
For farmers in Tyonek and reindeer herders in Nome, cuts to USDA grants and staff challenge local food production. -
Alaska’s top seafood trade groups say new tariffs could trigger retaliation from key export markets, pushing the struggling industry to the brink. -
It’s part of an experiment called “AWESOME,” which seeks to observe how auroras affect Earth’s upper atmosphere. -
The federal government has suspended research funding for some universities for not complying with recent executive orders. That’s left some UAF faculty and students waiting for the other shoe to drop. -
The 2023 report by the Not Invisible Act Commission focused on the disproportionate rates of assault and murder in Indigenous communities.
