Juliana Alford

Juliana Alford joined WMBF in January of 2026 as the weekend evening anchor and as a reporter.

Before joining WMBF, Juliana was an evening anchor and reporter at KOTA in Rapid City, South Dakota. Juliana covered a range of stories and started two of her own series, ‘cutest pet of the week’ and ‘Black Hills Insider’.

Juliana is Oglala Lakota and was born in Pine Ridge, S.D., where she lived until 2007 when she moved to Denver, Colo.

She first became interested in broadcast journalism in 8th grade. The Casey Anthony trials that Nancy Grace covered is what sparked her interest. Every night her family would turn on the news and watch the investigation. Juliana instantly fell in love with the news and went as far as to call herself the next 'Juliana Grace.'

Juliana first started her broadcasting journey in high school at Thomas Jefferson. This school specialized in teaching the fundamentals of learning photography, video editing, and telling the morning news, which Juliana was on.

She would continue her schooling at Metropolitan State University of Denver where she graduated with a degree in broadcast journalism and a minor in meteorology.

In her spare time, she loves exploring the area, trying restaurants and hanging out with her two wiener dogs, Frank and Beans.

If you have any news tips, story ideas, or questions you can email her at juliana.alford@wmbfnews.com or follow her on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/JulesOnTV/