KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: After a torrential downpour, a landslide rips through a neighborhood in Haines— plus, Ketchikan's city council will consider the idea of forming a port authority.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A Ketchikan man is sentenced to 4.5 years on federal weapons charges — plus, strong winds and heavy rains across southern Southeast.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: With new cases slowing to a trickle, local officials lower Ketchikan's COVID-19 risk level — plus, some new activity at an old mine near Juneau.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school district pushes back its return to full-capacity middle and high schools — plus, the work of Tlingit artist Rico Lanáat Worl will be featured on a postage stamp.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan city officials recommend cutting more than a dozen city jobs next year — plus, guidelines for cutting your own Christmas tree in the Tongass.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: What a tourism "bubble" could look like in Ketchikan — plus, a minor earthquake near Sitka.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Investigators are mystified as to what caused a medevac plane to crash last year in Frederick Sound — plus, Juneau's electric utility has been having some trouble keeping the lights on.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Scientists hope new air monitors will provide some hard data on how cruise ship exhaust affects air quality — plus, a survivor and Coast Guard members tell the story of a harrowing rescue in Union Bay early this month.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Two people who spend time in close quarters with others in Ketchikan have tested positive for COVID-19, but it's unclear where — plus, Ketchikan's city council is set to hear about what next summer's cruise season might look like.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's Borough Assembly hears about the pandemic and allocates the last of its CARES Act money — plus, Petersburg passes a mask mandate.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: How independent Dan Ortiz pulled out a win in a state House district that voted for Republicans by double digits — plus, exploration resumes at the Niblack project on Prince of Wales Island.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Dan Ortiz has won the race for Alaska House District 36 — plus, Ketchikan's school board will recognize the area's indigenous people before each meeting

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Local officials say an outbreak in town is waning, and they don't anticipate big changes in Ketchikan despite a call from the governor to slow the spread of COVID-19 — plus, why bears in mid-November aren't all that out of the ordinary

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan school district officials stand by their decision to hold school board officer elections by secret ballot — plus, Sitka sends all students home after a coronavirus spike in town — and Juneau's Eaglecrest ski area plans to reopen this winter.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Despite high community spread, officials in Ketchikan stop short of calling for lockdowns — plus, religious preschool closes after a case of the coronavirus, and Prince of Wales Island's wolf harvest will go forward.

In this newscast: Metlakatla sees its first and second cases of COVID-19.

In this abbreviated KRBD Evening Report: Most of Ketchikan's middle- and high-schoolers will move to a mix of virtual and in-person classes, and Ketchikan's Borough Assembly looks at businesses left out of pandemic relief programs.

On this abbreviated edition of the KRBD Evening Report, Ketchikan's risk level rises to "high," and the City Council will return to the topic of LGBTQ civil rights on Thursday.

In this special update, we check in with voters and local officials in Ketchikan on Election Day.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: School will resume Tuesday at Ketchikan High School after a 24-hour closure following a COVID-19 case — plus, candidates pour money into ads for the House District 36 race, and rough weather downs power lines and prompts at least one landslide.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Travel industry figures and local officials are cautiously optimistic about the resumption of cruising — plus, a Metlakatla dies with COVID-19 – and Al Gross talks timber and the Tongass.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's pandemic alert level is back up to "moderate" — plus, crews start demolishing an iconic local grocery store — and Ketchikan's school board narrowly elects a new president.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Trump administration has decided to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule — plus, the IFA is back in business: its ferry Stikine returns to service Friday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Landslides have been at least partially cleared on Prince of Wales Island — plus, Ketchikan Republicans rally to support the president and down-ballot candidates.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Prince of Wales Island sees at least seven landslides over major roads — plus, state officials propose a 16-day wolf trapping season for POW, but a lawsuit seeks to eliminate the season entirely.