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 Utqia?vik,) 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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This year’s Alaska fire season is moving toward a record for acres burned. This week’s heavy wildfire smoke in Fairbanks is forecast to persist through the weekend, as several large blazes including the 11,000-acre Minto Lakes fire north of town remain active due to hot, dry weather. That’s raised questions about where the smoke will be next, and how to handle the health risks. -
Robert Herrick has been named to a NASA science team for a European Space Agency’s mission to Venus. It is the second Venus mission he is working on.
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A membership drive and "re-building year" forced by pandemic-related financing woes will take the place of a Powwow this year in Fairbanks.
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The federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry has been meeting with Moose Creek residents whose water has been contaminated by PFAS. They found high levels of the “forever chemicals” in the blood of more than 70% of those tested.
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Glenn Hackney died Friday at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital, in the presence of his family, two days after a car accident. He would have been 98 this year.
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As of Friday evening, 51 people filed to finish out Don Young’s term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Some may have decided to drop out and they have until noon Monday to withdraw or their names will be on the Special Primary ballot. The election will be historic for several reasons.
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The special primary election to fill Alaska's lone congressional seat will be by mail.
