KSKA-FM (Anchorage, AK)

KSKA (91.1 FM) is a non-profit radio station located in Anchorage, Alaska, USA. It broadcasts public radio content from the National Public Radio network as well as the BBC World Service. In addition to these national programs, KSKA features some shows created locally.

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#100565

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#22012

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#1032

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‘Incredibly damaging’: Yukon premier urges Alaskans to speak out against Trump’s trade war

18 hours ago | alaskapublic.org | Avery Ellfeldt

Just over the Canadian border from Haines and Skagway, Ranj Pillai runs the show. He’s the premier of the Yukon territory’s government – and the territory’s minister of economic development. So he has strong feelings about President Donald Trump’s trade war, which the White House says is meant to boost U.S. manufacturing and supply chains.
Appeals Court hears DNA privacy arguments in UAF cold case murder conviction

2 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Haley Lehman

The Alaska Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Monday in the case of a 50-year-old Maine man convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of a University of Alaska Fairbanks student. Steven Harris Downs was convicted in 2022 of the rape and murder of 20-year-old Sophie Sergie and sentenced to 75 years in prison. Investigators cracked the cold case in 2019 after a relative submitted her DNA to a genealogy website that matched DNA from the crime scene.
Global backcountry ski and snowboard event set to return to Haines next year

2 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Avery Ellfeldt

The backcountry ski and snowboard community has long dubbed Haines “the Dream Stop” for the rugged terrain and pristine conditions it offers athletes. Less than a year from now, the area will have the chance to live up to that moniker again during the Freeride World Tour, a competition of the world’s top riders. The event will mark the first time the tour has visited Alaska since 2017.
Alaska News Nightly: Friday, April 18, 2025

6 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

Friday on Alaska Public Media:Gov. Dunleavy's veto of education funding has Alaska school district officials confused and concerned. Plus, a new book chronicles how the Fairbanks Four were wrongfully convicted and the unlikely path they took to get out of prison. And, a backcountry skiing and snowboarding competition returns to Haines after nearly a decade.
Anchorage rappers Brother Buffalo discuss Hip Hop Orchestra Experience | State of Art

6 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Ammon Swenson

This Saturday is the Hip Hop Orchestra Experience in the Discovery Theater. The show promises to combine hip hop with classical music displaying how compositions from Bach or Mozart can find new energy when reimagined. The Anchorage Concert Association presentation features Alaska Youth Orchestra members and alumni backing up MC Unity Lewis, Yung Phil and Anchorage's Brother Buffalo. Brother Buffalo is a hip hop duo comprised of brothers Jake and Garrett Swenson.
Fort Wainwright soldier charged with murdering man

6 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Patrick Gilchrist

A Fort Wainwright soldier is charged with fatally shooting a man in a Fairbanks apartment last week. Adayus Robertson, 24, faces charges of first-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and violating conditions of release in the death of Joseph Casas, 37. According to a charging document against Robertson, Fairbanks police found Casas with a gunshot wound to the head at about 10 a.m. on April 11, after someone reported shots fired at an apartment on 27th Avenue.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, April 17, 2025

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:Gov. Dunleavy, again, vetoes a statewide education funding boost. Plus, new travel restrictions for federal workers cancel a landslide conference in Southeast, where slides have killed a dozen people in the last decade. And, Kenai Peninsula crafters wonder where they'll shop after their supply store closes.
Service senior earns National Honor Society scholarship award

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

A Service High School Senior won a National Honor Society award last week at a ceremony in Washington D.C. Natalie Hodge-Hannula was one of five students across the country chosen from over 16,000 applicants and will receive a $10,625 scholarship. Hodge-Hannula endured a difficult upbringing before finding success in school and serving her community. Adults in her life suffered from alcoholism and addiction, and she said she didn’t learn to read until she was about 10 years old.
Southeast landslide conference canceled amid federal uncertainty

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Avery Ellfeldt

Dozens of fire chiefs, city planners, tribal natural resource managers and other officials from across Southeast Alaska were set to gather last month for a second annual landslide conference. But that didn’t happen. The event’s organizers cancelled the gathering amid uncertainty over federal agencies’ ability to interact with regional landslide efforts moving forward. Another factor: President Donald Trump signed an executive order in February limiting travel by federal employees.
Man dead in South Anchorage residential shooting

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Chris Klint

A man is dead after a shooting Wednesday in a South Anchorage residential area, and investigators are still seeking witnesses, police said. Officers responded just after 5 p.m. Wednesday to a disturbance involving a firearm on the 2300 block of East 66th Avenue, off Lake Otis Parkway south of Dowling Road, according to a police statement. Medics took the man, who had at least one gunshot wound, to a local hospital where he later died.