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KNBA WEBCAST: Friday, July 24, 2026

Anchorage Police Department downtown headquarters in 2020.
Lex Treinen/Alaska Public Media
Anchorage Police Department downtown headquarters in 2020.

KNBA’s Top Stories:

ANCHORAGE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION. The Anchorage Assembly failed to take up a proposal to establish a public safety advisory commission, effectively killing the motion, at least for now. 

North Slope Borough Police SUVs in Barrow in 2008.
Creative Commons photo by Mack McKinley and Tim Wilson
North Slope Borough Police SUVs in Barrow in 2008.

UTQIAGVIK OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING. Alaska State Troopers are overseeing the investigation into the death of an Utqiagvik man, shot by a North Slope Borough police officer.

The Talkeetna river swells due to a high water event in late July, 2026.
Phillip Manning/KTNA
The Talkeetna river swells due to a high water event in late July, 2026.

TALKEETNA FLOODING. Rain brings minor flooding to the Talkeetna River and one landslide that shut down Alaska Railroad service north of Talkeetna yesterday.

Dipnetters seek sockeye salmon at the mouth of the Kenai River in Kenai, Alaska, on July 13, 2026.
Jack Dye/KDLL.
Dipnetters seek sockeye salmon at the mouth of the Kenai River in Kenai, Alaska, on July 13, 2026.

KENAI RIVER SOCKEYES. With a weaker than projected sockeye run, anglers hoping to reel in those Kenai River reds are facing disappointment so far this summer.

Sportfishing in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.
Jason Ching
Sportfishing in the headwaters of Bristol Bay.

BRISTOL BAY SPORTFISHING DATA. In all Alaskan fisheries, good data is a critical part of management. But the collection of that data doesn't have to be left to just scientists. KDLG’s Jessie Sheldon reports on a new way for guides to report their catches and share their observations.

Rhonda McBride has a long history of working in both television and radio in Alaska, going back to 1988, when she was news director at KYUK, the public radio and TV stations in Bethel, which broadcast in both the English and Yup’ik languages.