Rhonda McBride KNBA - Anchorage

Anchorage, AK
March 25, 2024

Juneau Native Youth Olympics athletes tour Lower 48 to promote Arctic sports

They demonstrated games like the One-Foot and Two-Foot High Kick, the Alaskan High Kick, Scissor Broad Jump, Seal Hop, and the Inuit and Dene…

Anchorage, AK
March 1, 2024

After Brian Smith’s Anchorage murder conviction, MMIP advocates hope for change

“We’re just one story,” said Sean Hinson, the son of one of the murdered women. “We’re one piece of that puzzle. Everyone has their…

Anchorage, AK
February 23, 2024

Jury makes quick decision in the Brian Smith murder trial, convicting him in the deaths of two Native women

After three weeks of testimony, the trial of serial killer Brian Smith came to a quick conclusion Thursday. National media has followed the Smith…

Anchorage, AK
February 20, 2024

Trial of Brian Smith, accused of murdering two Alaska Native women, enters third week

The trial of a Brian Smith, a man accused in the murders of two Alaska Native women, resumed on Tuesday….

Anchorage, AK
February 16, 2024

Julie Kitka to step down as longtime head of the Alaska Federation of Natives

Next month, AFN will open up the application process, the first step in choosing the next person to lead state’s largest Native organization….

Anchorage, AK
February 13, 2024

Nellie Moore leaves behind a huge footprint in Native journalism

Nellie Moore was one of the first Indigenous reporters in Alaska. She could sew an atikluk, an Iñupiaq overshirt, as well as stitch news…

Anchorage, AK
January 31, 2024

Anchorage’s white raven has become a local legend

Since October of last year, Anchorage has been visited by a rare, feathered celebrity — a white raven, which appears to have taken up…

Anchorage, AK
January 24, 2024

Remembering Gary Fife: Blazing trails for Native journalism

Fife was the first to host “National Native News,” a program that was launched in Alaska in the late 1980s. He was still hosting…

Anchorage, AK
October 17, 2023

Alaska Federation of Natives joins the federal suit against the state over priority for rural subsistence

The Alaska Federation of Natives is the latest party to side with the federal government. A federal judge last week granted AFN’s request to intervene in…

Anchorage, AK
October 6, 2023

In Alaska, racial inequities persist. prisons

A national prison research group says American Indians and Alaska Natives are vastly overrepresented in state prison systems nationwide — and Alaska tops the…

Anchorage, AK
July 17, 2023

Alaskans evaluate the impact of the US Supreme Court’s affirmative decision

Alaskans on the forefront of diversity initiatives in education have been analyzing the impacts to the recent ruling that Harvard and the University of…

Anchorage, AK
June 19, 2023

Alaska Native people celebrate US Supreme Court’s decision that upholds their rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act

With the court’s decision to back the right of tribes to oversee child custody cases came a collective sigh of relief among Alaska Native…