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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Teams in the 2026 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race experienced windchill down to 45 below near McGrath, more than 300 miles into the 1,000-mile trail. -
Students in the IditaRead Challenge move along the trail one mile per minute spent reading. -
Snow continued to fall Saturday as 37 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race teams mushed through Alaska’s largest city. -
Ready to mush into the weekend? -
After Saturday's ceremonial start in Anchorage, the race clock starts ticking for real with a restart Sunday in Willow, as teams head out on the 1,000-mile trail to Nome, where a first-place finisher is expected in about eight days. -
Geopolitical tensions last year caused some international travelers to cancel their vacations to the United States, and locally, Alaska tourism operators were navigating a puzzle of uncertainty. -
The ruling is in, but uncertainty isn’t over. -
February went in a flash, but events are far from slowing down. -
Businesses are expressing some relief now that the Supreme Court ruled those tariffs are illegal, but skeptical they’ll ever see a refund for the tens of thousands of dollars they paid for tariffs. -
“We'll be licking our wounds for a while,” said SteamDot owner Jonathan White.
