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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It takes grit to carry a 16-pound weight around with nothing but a couple millimeters of skin and cartilage. -
Sometimes big, furry problems call for big, furry solutions. -
Nearly 400 firefighters are working to protect homes and infrastructure along the highway corridor between Nenana and Fairbanks. -
Wet weather has been helping firefighters' progress, but it's also making air quality worse in the Interior -
Many of Alaska's almost 200 wildfires are gaining ground after last week's colder, wetter weather helped firefighters beat them back. -
They also want to share what they’re learning about the upper atmosphere by shooting massive amounts of radio waves at it. -
Fairbanks Borough Mayor Grier Hopkins said it’s imperative that people get out when the orders come down. -
Officials still don’t know how many structures have been lost, but the Bear Creek Fire near Healy has burned several homes and outbuildings. -
Some homes and other structures have burned, but it is not clear yet how many. -
Temperatures climbed into the mid-80s over the weekend, where they're likely to remain until the end of the week.
