Robyne
FM News ReporterRobyne began her career in public media news at KUAC, coiling cables in the TV studio and loading reel-to-reel tape machines for the radio station.
She came to Alaska from California “for just a year” and never left. Since then, she has worked as a public radio reporter in Fairbanks, Homer and Barrow (now Utqiagvik,) and as a TV newscaster in Fairbanks. She also worked in social services for Big Brothers Big Sisters and Fairbanks Native Association, and taught journalism as a professor at UAF. She is married and has two grown children.
She explains the quirk of having only one name, “just Robyne, only six letters,” to DMV clerks, airline and TSA agents, pharmacists and insurance agents. She changed to only one name as a teenager, and has legally gone by Robyne for decades. “Overall, having only one name is usually fun, and an ice-breaker. But it’s unconventional for the news business, which you know, is pretty rigid. I want KUAC listeners to have the best journalism possible, no matter who is delivering it.”
Robyne loves how Alaska listeners support their radio stations, “and they keep us on our toes,” she says. “They demand quality and excellence, so we had better deliver that.”
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A Fairbanks photographer has become a leading artist in the country in a rare technique of photo manipulation. His work is featured in a photo exhibit at the University of Alaska Fairbanks this month. -
A round up of fires in the Interior. A family loses their home in the Bear Creek Fire south of Healy. A meeting tonight will give the Healy community an update on the Bear Creek Fire. A meeting tonight in Fairbanks will showcase volunteer opportunities to help with emergencies. -
WildfiresTwo big Interior fires (one ten times the size of the other) cause road closures on important highways to Denali Park and Anchorage on the south and Prudhoe Bay and the Arctic on the north side of town. -
41 detainees from other countries are being held in Alaska prisons for ICE. Two big fires in the Interior close major roads and fill the Tanana Valley with smoke. A People's Town Hall Tuesday night wants to hear from residents bothered by federal cuts and layoffs. -
The first evacuation orders and standy alerts in the "Ready, Set, Go" system were issued to woodsy neighborhoods northeast and west of Fairbanks. -
A Fairbanks playwright and theater director is hosting a public reading of a new play for one night only to celebrate Juneteenth. -
Teachers in Fairbanks held a rally at the community library on Tuesday, to protest Governor Mike Dunleavy’s veto of education money last week. -
The largest protest this year in Fairbanks is one of the many that made for the largest one-day protest in the country. Municipal leaders hold a press conference about Governor Dunleavy's education vetos last week, and start talking about a lawsuit. A small plane crashes near Two Rivers, sending the pilot to the hospital. The Dalton Highway is washed out and closed. Weird data points determine Alaska is a safe from Zombies. -
A legislative task force has two years to change Alaska education policy.Another climber dies on Denali.Summer camps in Denali National Park are back on but disrupted by federal layoffs.A Korean fighter plane crash at Eielson AFB is still being investigated.A micro-nuclear power plant get the next step to be built on Eielson.A local Rotary Club hosts a special event for Foster care families. -
A Korean F-16 fighter plane crashed on takeoff from Eielson Air Force Base late Tuesday afternoon. The aircrew ejected and were taken to the hospital.
