2025 Alaska Federation Of Natives Live Broadcast
KNBA’s 2025 Broadcast of the annual AFN convention brings information, issues, and voices to radio and streaming audiences Thursday, October 16 – Saturday October 18. The daily gavel-to-gavel live coverage of presentations from the main podium is hosted by Rhonda McBride, streaming on nv1.org at 12 p.m. EDT/8 a.m....
Evacuees from Alaska’s southwest region arrive in Anchorage
A C-17 carrying over a hundred evacuees from Typhoon Halong arrived on Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson on Thursday, two more arrived the day prior.
Victims of devastating western Alaska flooding evacuated by National Guard as recovery efforts begin
Approximately 300 victims of this week's devastating flooding in western Alaska arrived at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson outside of Anchorage Wednesday evening after the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta region with deadly storm surge and wind gusts.
State clears officer who fatally shot armed Wasilla man in motorhome bathroom
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The state trooper who shot and killed a Wasilla man who had barricaded himself inside a motorhome bathroom earlier this year was cleared by the state Thursday. The Office of Special Prosecutions stated that Trooper Nicholas Blanchard was “legally justified” in using deadly force in its...
Anchorage prepares for up to 2,000 evacuees from Western Alaska
The city of Anchorage is preparing to welcome up to 2,000 people displaced by the catastrophic storm that hit Western Alaska on Sunday. Mayor Suzanne LaFrance said she expects many will stay through the winter. “We'll do everything we can to help folks and to do our best to provide...
Alaska lawmakers urge Dunleavy to create long-term Halong recovery plan
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - Alaska legislative leaders are calling on Gov. Mike Dunleavy to develop a long-term recovery plan for the thousands displaced by former Typhoon Halong, saying current shelter arrangements are inadequate. In a letter sent this week, legislative leadership commended the administration’s...
‘Everything is lost now’: Hundreds evacuate from Western Alaska villages
A massive airlift is underway in Western Alaska as Alaska National Guard planes and helicopters take people from villages devastated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong. On Wednesday and Thursday, hundreds of people from Kipnuk and Kwigillingok boarded military transport planes headed for Anchorage, leaving their...
In photos: Tears and uncertainty in day two of mass evacuation from western Alaska
Flights continued on a C-17 military transport plane Thursday evacuating hundreds of residents of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok after the devastation of ex-Typhoon Halong. Evacuees sheltered overnight in Bethel on Wednesday after being airlifted from their coastal communities by the Alaska National Guard, each carrying...
Measles case reported in Anchorage, health officials say
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - A case of the measles virus was reported in Anchorage earlier this week, the Anchorage Health Department confirmed Thursday. The unidentified person who tested positive arrived in Anchorage on Monday, the health department said, after traveling through Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International...
Survivors of Anchorage condo fire struggle to find housing and make sense of what...
It was 1 a.m. and Jacob Berg was watching his home burn. He’d been sound asleep just minutes before. He woke to knocking. Then he heard the fire alarms, but he didn’t think much of it, since pranksters had been pulling them all summer. When he opened his front door though, he found a wall of smoke outside his 3rd...
