
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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The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks says Father Alphonsus Afina, a former Alaskan priest who was kidnapped in Nigeria at the beginning of June has been freed.
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A former Fairbanks Catholic priest is still being held by kidnappers in Nigeria.An IT outage led to a system-wide grounding of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air flights on Sunday.Independent investigators say Anchorage police were justified in killing a man last May.The Rural Alaska Honors Institute graduated more than 40 high school students in the college orientation program.The Department of Fish and Game and the owner of a wildlife facility are arguing over the fate of the animals.
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WildfiresA commercial contractor fighting the Himalaya Road Fire and Aggie Creek Fire north of Fairbanks had their truck vandalized Saturday morning and are offering a $10,000 reward for information about it.
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A Fire truck is vandalized at a camp near Haystack mountain.The filing period for city councils, borough assembly and school board is openLongtime Arctic leader takes over as UAF chancellor until a new one can be recruitedFolks say goodbye to the Polaris building in downtown Fairbanks with a good whack.
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NewsA statue to honor Baseball Hall-of-Famer David Winfield was installed in Fairbanks Thursday. Winfield himself came up with family to attend the installation event.
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The City of Fairbanks offers a bonus to paramedics to work here. Christopher Oktollik found guilty of murdering Lawrence McMullen. The Republican field in the race for governor is getting crowded with a seventh candidate.The State is trying to close a Native-owned casino near Anchorage. Alaska's "Nazi Creek" has that name no more.
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Doyon Foundation has been awarded a $2.65 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to focus on a language learning game.
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Firefighters were hurt on the job on the Salcha River. A North Pole man is charged after rape investigations from both the Alaska State Troopers and the Fairbanks Police Department. A Fairbanks man is sentenced for his part in causing someone to die from a fentanyl overdose. UAF researchers find warmer water makes for toxic algae that ends up in whales.
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A protest group against infant circumcision is touring Alaska, holding signs at busy intersections. They were drawing attention at the main roundabout in downtown North Pole Thursday. And will be protesting in Fairbanks Friday at the intersection of Geist Road and the University Avenue.
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A round-up of area fires that grea in last week's heat. Governor Dunleavy is trying to set up an August special session so the legislature can't over-ride his spending cuts.