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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From Utqiaġvik to Petersburg, communities find unique ways to bring joy at the darkest time of the year. -
For the past 20 years, NOAA’s Arctic Report Card has documented changes in the region, which continues to warm faster than the rest of the globe. -
The gym is the first step toward rebuilding the Harold Kaveolook School, which burned down in 2020. -
The Backyard Buoys project helps Indigenous coastal communities in Alaska, as well as in the Pacific Northwest and Pacific Islands, use wave data to support maritime activities. -
A state forester shared tips on where and how to cut a Christmas tree in Southcentral Alaska, and how to make it last. -
State officials say there was no gap in the program, which subsidizes energy bills for thousands of Alaskans, many in rural and tribal communities. -
WhaleSpotter is now used by a dozen companies, including some in Alaska -
The storm destroyed or severely damaged nearly 700 homes, killed one person and left two more missing. Here's where things stand in some communities hit by the mid-October storm. -
Hundreds of people are staying in Anchorage hotels and with relatives while the state works on a plan to move them into apartments. -
The Alaska Institute for Justice launched the resource early, to help people affected by the recent Western Alaska storm.
