Alena Naiden
Alaska Desk Reporter, AnchorageBased at Alaska Desk partner station KNBA in Anchorage, Alena Naiden focuses on rural and Indigenous communities in the Arctic and around the state.
Before joining the Alaska Desk, Alena was a reporter at the Anchorage Daily News and Arctic Sounder for over three years, covering a wide range of issues affecting the North Slope and Northwest Arctic. Before that, she wrote for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
Alena is from Russia and considers herself lucky to call Alaska home.
Reach Alena at alena.naiden@knba.org or 907-793-3695.
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Two people died in Wednesday’s crash, according to the NTSB. -
The census is a way to evaluate population's health and support subsistence -
Since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, more than 120 Ukrainians have settled in the Delta Junction area. -
A Senate oversight hearing focused on cuts to services like child care, help for domestic violence victims and substance abuse prevention. -
From the Aleutians to the Interior to Southeast, we asked Alaskans how they’d rate President Trump’s first 100 days in office. Here’s what they told us. -
The event wrapped up in Anchorage on Saturday with the highest turnout since the pandemic. -
Young athletes from around the state will showcase their skills in competitions rooted in Indigenous subsistence practices. -
Sea ice in the Arctic was at a record low this winter, according to research released earlier this month from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.Correction: The story has been updated to reflect that Melinda Webster is a researcher at the University of Washington. -
A program that provides coastal and ocean data to improve mariners' safety would shut down if the federal agency loses over a quarter of its funds. -
The borough clerk has issued a recall petition in response to residents’ complaints about the mayor using public funds to pay for his family’s travel.
