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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Over the years, the commission has provided more than $2 billion for development projects in rural Alaska communities. -
At the very edge of the grid, Port Graham and Nanwalek hope ocean wave energy can bring cheaper, more reliable electricity. -
The Alaska Food Policy Council had planned to award grants to over 50 food and farm businesses across Alaska. -
The budget reconciliation bill, criticized for slashing social safety net programs, contains several carve-outs for Alaska. -
Investigators are still looking at what caused the incident in early June, which killed the pilot and passenger. -
Several coastal Arctic communities hosted festivals throughout June to celebrate a successful whaling season with dance and feasts. -
After days of scattered rain, warm weather is increasing the fire threat in the Interior. -
More than 150 people came to the festival in America's northernmost community – a crucial location for declining shorebirds. -
Officials are still assessing the damage, but the Denali Borough mayor says he knows for certain that people have lost their primary residences. -
Some homes and other structures have burned, but it is not clear yet how many.
