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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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. -
It's an effort to bolster coordination between North Slope villages during disasters. -
The route would be a two-way corridor for ships to travel between the northern edge of the Bering Strait and the US-Canada maritime border. -
John Craighead George had a tradition of sending out messages in bottles after each whale census. This is just the second known to have been found. -
The plan includes consolidating tribal relations functions and moving some offices out of Alaska. -
"Blood & Myth," which premieres Sept. 4, looks into a real-life violent crime case in Northwest Alaska -
President Trump signed an executive order in April directing the government to remove contracting rules that are not required by statute. -
More than a dozen protests broke out statewide as President Trump and Russian President Putin met on Anchorage’s military base.
