Ava White
Statewide Morning News Host/ReporterAva is the statewide morning news host at Alaska Public Media, and she covers local and state economic trends as a reporter. (Catch her weekly Economic Report on Thursdays.)
Ava started in her current role in February 2024, after working as a reporter for KNOM in Nome. She graduated from the University of Alaska Anchorage with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and public communications, and a minor in communications.
Outside of work, Ava enjoys baking new recipes to give to her friends and family. Her favorite thing to make is a key lime pie.
Reach Ava at awhite@alaskapublic.org or 907-550-8445.
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The last-minute change follows pushback from mushers who called parts of the trail unsafe. -
The state of the egg-conomy is forcing Anchorage eateries to raise prices and rethink recipes. It has also increased the demand for local farm fresh eggs. -
Businesses that depend on snow in Anchorage are slimming their workforce and getting creative to get by this winter. -
Despite little snow in some parts of the state, Mark Nordman says conditions along much of the Iditarod trail are actually good. -
Anchorage saw slight population growth last year for the first time since 2016. -
Last April, President Biden signed a law that allows the government to ban foreign-owned apps that threaten national security. If TikTok isn’t sold by Sunday, it faces a nationwide ban. -
There were nine fatal moose-vehicle crashes on the Glenn Highway between 2018 and 2023. -
The storm’s strongest recorded wind gust was 132 mph from a weather station in the Turnagain Pass area. -
The Sitka black-tailed deer shelter at the Wildlife Conservation Center was demolished after a windstorm swept through much of the region. -
At a meeting Tuesday, the Assembly passed a resolution calling for a potential special election later this year.
