Shelby Herbert
Alaska Desk Reporter, FairbanksShelby Herbert reports on Interior Alaska for the Alaska Desk from partner station KUAC in Fairbanks. She got her start in the Alaska Public Radio network in 2023, working as the news director for KFSK in Petersburg.
Before coming to Alaska, Shelby got her masters degree in media innovation from the University of Nevada, Reno, where she was also a graduate fellow at regional public radio station KUNR.
When she’s not out reporting, you might find her out birdwatching or plucking a six-string at an open mic.
Reach Shelby at sherbert@alaskapublic.org.
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The Summit Lake Wildfire has torched over 6,000 acres since it started last week, and it’s nowhere close to being contained. -
Delta Junction is home to about 150 Ukrainian refugees. Many joined the town's pre-existing Slavic community after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. -
The new definition would exclude protections for habitat under the Endangered Species Act. -
But their future in the state is uncertain after the Trump administration suspended the programs that brought them to the United States. -
The company’s goal is in line with President Trump’s attempt to bring manufacturing back to America. But the White House is also freezing and cutting key federal grants. -
According to an internal budget document, the Trump administration is seeking to end nearly all of NOAA's climate research. -
From the Aleutians to the Interior to Southeast, we asked Alaskans how they’d rate President Trump’s first 100 days in office. Here’s what they told us. -
Emily Robinson shattered a long-held Jr. Iditarod record before aging out of the field. Now she's planning her next move. -
The organization said it doesn't consider the incident to be a threat. -
Job growth is flat across most of Alaska, but it's up about 7% in the North Slope and Northwest Arctic regions.
