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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For one Anchorage drag queen, this year’s Pride celebration feels different

1 day ago | alaskapublic.org | Hannah Flor

A couple days before Anchorage’s Pride festivities, Golden Delicious wasgluing tiny rhinestones to spandex, while a remake of “Dallas” played on the TV. “If anyone says ‘bedazzling,’ they're not, most likely, a drag performer – just saying,” they said, laughing. The correct term, it turns out, is “stoning.”Golden Delicious is the alter ego of Brooks Banker, but most people know them as “Goldie,” whether in drag or not.
Anchorage ordinance to criminalize camping in public draws heated public testimony

3 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Wesley Early

A proposed ordinance to criminalize camping in Anchorage’s public spaces brought a huge crowd to the city’s Assembly meeting Tuesday. South Anchorage Assembly member Keith McCormick’s ordinance – co-sponsored by Eagle River-Chugiak Assembly members Jared Goecker and Scott Myers – would make camping in a public area a class B misdemeanor, which carries a penalty of up to six months in prison and a $2,000 fine.
The Anchorage Assembly is weighing whether to criminalize homeless camping

4 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Hannah Flor

Three Anchorage Assembly members are proposing to criminalize camping on public land. Assembly member Keith McCormick is one of the proposal’s sponsors. He said the city’s approach to homelessness isn’t working. “We have to give the mayor the tools that she needs to address this,” he said.
Crews move toward critical Matanuska riverbank repairs in Butte

4 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Amy Bushatz

What you need to know:Floodwaters along the Old Glenn Highway in Butte continued to slowly recede. Monday as state crews cleared a path, built an access road and prepared to repair a broken revetment along the Matanuska River to stop the flow of water. About 3,000 tons of gravel are being used to construct the road. Crews will repair the revetment with large rock known as riprap. A National Weather Service flood advisory for the area remains in effect through Wednesday night.
Former Juneau Empire editor launches local online newspaper

5 days ago | alaskapublic.org | Clarise Larson

The Juneau Independent, a new web-based newsroom in Juneau, launched today with a mission to offer a newspaper that is locally owned and operated. Mark Sabbatini, the former managing editor of the Juneau Empire, is leading the effort. He’s worked in the newspaper industry for nearly four decades with stints at the Empire, the Los Angeles Times and the Antarctic Sun.
Man arrested on Juneau cruise ship was impersonating an American, authorities say

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Clarise Larson

A man who allegedly impersonated an American to board a cruise ship last month was arrested twice in Juneau on charges including fraud, theft and attempted escape. Authorities say Enrico Ronquillo, 37, used a Californian’s name to board the Discovery Princess cruise ship in Seattle. State troopers arrested Ronquillo, who was federally charged May 14 with false impersonation of a U.S. citizen, making and using a false document, and two counts of aggravated identity theft.
Alaska News Nightly: Thursday, July 19, 2025

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

Thursday on Alaska News Nightly:Some Newtok residents forced to relocate due to climate change find problems with their new homes. Plus, lightning-caused wildfires spread across parts of the Interior. And, a Homer woman publishes an Alaska glacier dictionary. Reports tonight from:Rhonda McBride and Ava White in AnchorageBrian Venua in Kodiak Tim Ellis in Delta JunctionClarise Larson and Alix Soliman in JuneauEmily Schwing in Newtok and Mertarvik
A trio of brown bears crashes coops in Anchorage Hillside neighborhoods

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Ava White

Anchorage hillside residents have reported several incidents of brown bears killing unsecured chickens and smashing their coops since May, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Reports are scattered across the city’s Hillside neighborhoods, near De Armoun, Huffman and O’Malley Roads. The Hillside culprits are a bear family consisting of a sow and two yearlings, according to the department’s Anchorage Area Biologist Cory Stantorf.
Alaska News Nightly: Wednesday, June 18, 2025

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Tim Rockey

Wednesday on Alaska News Nightly:Environmental groups oppose a federal land sale included in the Republican congressional megabill. Plus, a geologist with a history of major Alaska oil finds says he's found another hot prospect on the North Slope. And, a salmon season kickoff in Bethel comes with a warning about serious threats to salmon habitat.
Anchorage clears its 2 largest homeless encampments

1 week ago | alaskapublic.org | Hannah Flor

Brian Vaughan read the signs that leaned against a barricade of bike parts, scrap metal, furniture and old shopping carts. “And then the one we made up last night, ‘Coming to a neighborhood near you,’” he said, laughing. Vaughan was standing on Mountain View Dr. on Tuesday morning, next to the snow dump encampment. It’s a place he’d called home for three years. He didn’t want to leave, but the city said he had to — and now. It was abatement day. “Well, they don't have no place for us to go.