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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Federal fisheries regulators said a cap would balance protections for Western Alaska salmon with the health of pollock fisheries. -
All of the lawsuits cite the initial finding that the plane flew into icing conditions while overweight. -
Kipnuk leaders are calling hundreds of tribal members to determine the village's future after last fall's storm caused widespread destruction. -
The remnants of Typhoon Halong destroyed homes, contaminated water and left Kipnuk residents with a critical choice: rebuild in the same spot or move to higher ground? -
The Department of Interior said it was illegal in the first place to grant Nuiqsut rights over an area inside NPR-A. -
From fish scales to flat terrain, local skiers — including Olympian Kikkan Randall — share how to make your first laps more fun. -
The plaintiffs argued that the project will harm habitat crucial to caribou, birds and other wildlife that local communities rely on for subsistence. -
The Department of Environmental Conservation said it has been unable to get close to the wreckage due to worries that metal from Rig 26 might fall on response team members. -
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the review last week, calling the business development program "the oldest DEI program in the federal government." -
Some fuel deliveries resumed last Friday, but the reserves remain low.
