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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The Fairbanks/North Pole area’s first air-quality alert of the season is in effect. That means state monitors predict the air near the city will be polluted enough to pose a health risk, and residents should not use their woodstoves. -
Today is Veterans Day, and a program launched in Fairbanks offers former military service members who commit crimes, an alternative to the standard legal system.
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The director of the recently released movie “Till” studied film at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Chinonye Chukwu will be celebrated following a Sunday afternoon screening of the movie at the Goldstream Cinemas in Fairbanks
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A multi-year, multi-million dollar community wellness center is on the far horizon for the Fairbanks North Star Borough. Parks and Recreation managers will make a presentation to the public tomorrow night on the demand for, size, and cost of the North Star Community Recreation Center.
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Counting Absentee and Questioned Ballots has settled elections for Fairbanks City Council, Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly, and FNSB Board of Education. Election results are attached to this story.
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The man convicted of a cold-case murder and rape from 1993 was sentenced in Fairbanks Superior Court yesterday. Steven Harris Downs was sentenced to 75 years in jail for the rape and murder of Sophie Sergie in a college dorm bathroom.
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Early voting opens today in the Fairbanks North Star Borough. The municipal election coming up October 4 covers Borough Assembly and School Board seats as well at Fairbanks and North Pole City Councils and Fairbanks city mayor.
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Alaska’s opioid crisis has touched thousands in recent years. State public health officials are asking the public to help plan what comes next. They are hosting a three-hour community café next Tuesday afternoon to hear from people who have been affected by opiate use. A flyer is attached at the bottom of this story.
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Parents whose children are incarcerated at Fairbanks Youth Facility are planning a demonstration today between 11:00 – 3:00 on the corner of Airport and Wilbur in Fairbanks Tuesday, and later on Wednesday afternoon. They want a review of procedures at FYF, run by the state’s Division of Juvenile Justice.
