KRBD Evening Report

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Federal officials say a Florida lawsuit over the CDC's cruise rules could jeopardize the 2021 Alaska season, we'll tell you why – plus, Ketchikan officials cut the city's pandemic risk level to it's second-lowest mark.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A Utah man is sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for killing his wife aboard an Alaska cruise – plus, regulations for halibut charters are looser this summer for the second year in a row.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Metlakatla reports its third COVID-19 death, and the second within eight days – plus, Ketchikan's City Council will consider extending the community's emergency declaration and a small hike to property taxes.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Former state Sen. Albert Kookesh has died – plus, Anchorage students find things to commemorate in a year many would rather forget.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Health officials and advocates raise concerns about COVID-19 in Ketchikan's homeless population – plus, the Union Bay mariner who cheated death as his boat capsized in a storm last year dies at 71.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Alaska port towns are one step closer to welcoming back big cruise ships – plus, Ketchikan's school board votes to reopen applications for a vacant seat.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Some Sealaska shareholders are raising concerns about a proposal that the corporation says would reduce the taxes paid on dividends – plus, GCI plans a major boost in service for both urban and rural Alaskans.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board is set to approve a contract with a new temporary superintendent – plus, the impact of short-term rentals on Sitka's housing market.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A Metlakatla resident has died as the community faces its largest COVID-19 outbreak to date – plus, President Biden signs a bill allowing Alaska cruises this summer to go forward.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: City officials warn of major consequences if Ketchikan doesn't get its COVID-19 outbreaks under control as the city council discusses shutting down the entity coordinating the local pandemic response – plus, the search for a missing elder in Juneau has been called off.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Big cruise ships are officially planning to return to Alaska starting in July after the U.S. House approved a bill that allows them to skip a stop in Canada – plus, Alaska will join at least 12 other states in opting out of a federal program that gives unemployed workers an extra $300 a week.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's city council is set to discuss disbanding the community's emergency operations center – plus, Ketchikan's borough assembly raises property taxes as it approves its yearly budget.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's worst outbreak since the pandemic began continues as officials ease mask guidance – plus, Juneau's hospital prepared for a surge in COVID-19 cases. It got a surge of mental health crises instead.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Mask guidelines loosen in Juneau, but stay the same here in Ketchikan as an outbreak continues – plus, a new study says cancer rates have increased in Alaska Native people over the last 50 years.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's borough budget is up for a public hearing and final vote on Monday – plus, two proposals that boosters say would reform how Southeast Alaska's regional native corporation elects its leaders.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A boutique cruise operator cancels what would have been Ketchikan's first port call since 2019 because of a spike in COVID-19 cases – plus, the U.S. Senate takes a big step towards allowing the large cruise ship season in Alaska to go forward.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A surge of COVID-19 cases disrupts everyday life in Ketchikan – plus, an invasive fungus threatens Alaska amphibians.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Public facilities and some schools are set to close as Ketchikan's risk level is raised to "very high" – plus, there won't be a king salmon derby in Ketchikan this summer.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council nixes a proposal to cut city workers' hours and pay – plus, lawmakers include funding for Wrangell's Fish and Game office in this year's budget, but the office is not guaranteed to reopen.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Local pandemic officials say they're considering raising the community's risk level to its highest mark – plus, travel industry figures express concern over the CDC's new rules for cruise ships.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council will weigh whether to cut back city employees' hours – plus, organizers and fishermen cry foul as a federal fisheries council tightens policies on public comment.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: New details emerge about a COIVD-19 outbreak associated with a Ketchikan wrestling tournament – plus, Ketchikan's borough looks set to reduce school funding for next year.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Local officials say five people infected with COVID-19 were contagious when they participated in a Ketchikan wrestling tournament last month – plus, a shellfish hatchery bill passes the state House.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: An international human rights body agrees to hear from Southeast tribes about transboundary pollution – plus, a lawsuit from the Sitka Tribe against the state is resolved.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Debate over how Ketchikan's school district should pick its next superintendent after paying the most recent one more than $80,000 to resign – plus, soaring lumber prices could be a boon to a struggling timber industry, but experts are divided on the best way forward.