Nina Kravinsky
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As Jewish people around the world celebrate Passover, some plan to leave a seat open at their Seders for a Wall Street Journal reporter recently jailed in Russia.
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American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin has broken the career record for most World Cup race wins. She has now won more races than any other skier in history, of any gender.
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American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, has tied Ingemar Stenmark's record for career race wins on the alpine skiing World Cup. Stenmark set the record at age 32 in 1989.
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NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Secretary of State Antony Blinken about U.S.-China tensions, the earthquake aftermath in Turkey and Syria and the anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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In some remote parts of the state, Internet is almost twice as expensive and nearly 200 times slower than in cities. New projects headed to predominantly Alaska Native communities aim to fix that.
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Bethel's Yup'ik immersion elementary school is named after the now-retired teacher because she was instrumental in starting it.
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Tshibaka said that she supports adding Alaska Native seats to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. She also said that she'd like to see a new fishery management council focused specifically on Alaska.
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A high wind watch is in effect starting Sept. 16 into Sept. 17. A meteorologist for the National Weather Service said that wind gusts could reach 80 miles per hour in the Kuskokwim Delta.
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Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in this week, making her the first Alaskan Native in Congress. Before taking office, she went back to rural southwest Alaska, where she was welcomed by the community.
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Peltola, a Democrat, beat Republican Sarah Palin by three percentage points to win the seat. KYUK’s Nina Kravinsky spoke with Peltola by phone shortly after the election results were announced on Aug. 31.