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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The village has sued a federal agency over its canceled climate resilience grant and refutes claims that the money would have been wasted. -
The program subsidizes energy bills for about 50,000 Alaskans, many of whom live in rural and tribal communities. -
Many of the Western Alaskan residents displaced by Typhoon Halong also lost their subsistence harvests. -
Reindeer were brought to St. Lawrence Island after a devastating famine in the late 1800s. Now the animals could be a food security solution for the future. -
Representatives from several Indigenous-led organizations discussed co-management strategies at the Alaska Federation of Natives convention panel. -
Alaska Federation of Natives delegates passed 42 resolutions on Saturday, including a call for more federal help for Western Alaska and protections for subsistence practices. -
At the Elders & Youth conference, a group of women and girls talked about the monthly gatherings that guide them through important transitions in life. -
Indigenous organizations and local leaders were focusing on the destruction from the recent storm before the start of the convention. -
Dozens of residents were rescued after floodwaters in multiple communities swept homes off their foundations. -
Permafrost thaw and erosion have been causing some of the ice cellars in Alaska to collapse or flood.
