KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Hazy skies over Ketchikan are the result of wildfires on the West Coast — plus, Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly candidates tackle the perennial question of combining Ketchikan's city and borough.

This week, we're bringing you recordings of KRBD's local election forums. On Tuesday, five of six candidates running for Ketchikan City Council joined KRBD to discuss their ideas for the future of Ketchikan. We have one more forums this week: from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, we'll host candidates for Ketchikan's school board. We encourage you to tune in live on the radio, on KRBD's Facebook page or on...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Candidates for Ketchikan City Council sound off about the future of Ketchikan's city-owned cruise ship docks — plus, the state drops funding for the Crystal Lake Hatchery, which produces 40% of Alaska's hatchery kings.

This week, we're bringing you recordings of KRBD's local election forums. On Monday, all 11 candidates running for Ketchikan City Council joined KRBD to discuss their ideas for the future of Ketchikan. We have two more forums this week: Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m., we'll have Ketchikan Gateway Borough Assembly candidates, and from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, we'll host candidates for Ketchikan's school bo...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's city and borough expand a rent and mortgage assistance program — plus, Petersburg is seeking a disaster declaration after this summer's lousy salmon season.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Two women are dead and four children injured after a head-on collision on Prince of Wales Island — plus, a new aid program for fishermen hurt by the U.S.-China trade war.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Some Juneau bars have voluntarily closed after officials linked several recent cases to a gathering that included several hospitality workers — plus, the upside of Southeast Alaska’s record-breakingly rainy summer.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly will ask the state legislature to pass LGBTQ protections after overriding the mayor’s veto — plus, how misinformation about COVID-19 spreads into public debate over health measures in Juneau.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen visits Ketchikan — plus, the Forest Service prepares to offer 5,000 acres for commercial logging near Ketchikan, and why working at a fish plant felt like jail for some this summer.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:  The Ketchikan City Council is taking steps to repossess the KYI Youth Center for use as an overnight warming shelter, the borough assembly will consider overriding the mayor’s veto of a resolution asking the state to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and Petersburg’s assembly considers an opinion on a draft...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:  Civil rights groups are asking that a requirement to get a witness to sign the mail-in ballots be waived amid the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll hear about some highs and lows of distance learning, and a Bethel dumpster is generating a lot of conversation.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s city council will consider repossessing a building it turned over to Ketchikan Youth Initiaitives — plus, some Alaskans aren’t happy with some nominees to the state Board of Fish.

A Ketchikan Charter School employee tests positive for COVID-19 — plus, in Alaska, many have no choice but to fly for medical needs – even if it puts them at risk of catching COVID-19. After this broadcast was recorded, Ketchikan school officials announced KCS would reopen Wednesday to staff, but push back its first day of classes. Read more here: https://www.krbd.org/2020/09/01/ketchikan-charter-...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan and other Southeast communities break rain-related records — plus, a conversation with a man falsely accused of a 1996 murder in Sitka.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Details begin to emerge about Ketchikan’s plan to rent local churches for extra classrooms — plus, Ketchikan’s alert level falls to “low” – and… one firm behind the proposed KSM mine want more time to find a partner. All that and more coming up. (Podcast listeners: we're sorry for the duplicate news in this episode -- you may have heard these stories on yesterda...

In this report: Details emerge about how Ketchikan's schools will resume at full capacity this fall -- plus, Ketchikan's alert level falls to "low" after a week without community spread.

In this report: What's in Ketchikan's archives about the 1918 pandemic? -- plus, attorneys for the family of a man killed by a Juneau Police officer are pointing to audio that they say show the officer's state of mind just prior to the shooting.

In this report: Ketchikan's school board will consider leasing local churches Wednesday -- and nearly two dozen people are running for local office in Ketchikan.

In this report: Ketchikan’s city council is rethinking how to distribute millions in federal pandemic relief aid - plus, a theater tradition adapts to the pandemic with elaborate masks.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s pandemic threat level rises as three recent cases are classified as “community spread” — plus, federal investigators release hundreds of pages of documents about a fatal midair collision last summer. Next Monday through Thursday, we'll be bringing you our morning newscast on this feed as NPR's special coverage of the Republican National Convention pr...

In this report: Need help? Have kids? You may qualify for $500 courtesy of Ketchikan's borough government — plus, Ketchikan's borough assembly won't join the city in asking the state for stiffer travel restrictions. KRBD's Evening Report will be back Friday. But don't get too used to that theme song -- we'll be bringing you our morning newscast Monday through Thursday next week as the Republican N...

On today's report: Findings from a study show the City of Ketchikan could lose more than $4 million in revenue annually with the opening of a new cruise ship dock in Ward Cove (details will be presented at Thursday's City Council meeting), we'll have a look at preliminary primary election results in Southeast, and Alaska's Republican Party has endorsed developing the Pebble Mine. Those stories and...

In this report: Ketchikan's borough mayor vetoes a resolution asking for state protections for LGBTQ individuals -- plus, an update on the the real estate market in Ketchikan.

In this report: Ketchikan's school board adopts safety measures as students get ready to get back to school five days a week — plus, Republican candidate Leslie Becker lays out her policy platform. As coverage of the Democratic National Convention preempts our regular 5:35 p.m. KRBD Evening Report, we'll be bringing you our morning newscast on this feed Monday through Thursday this week.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Metlakatla Indian Community sues senior state officials in federal court over fishing rights -- plus, an Annette Island fisherman says he'll donate part of his catch to the community. Note: Next week, the Evening Report will sound a little different. We'll be running newscasts that ordinarily air in the morning on this feed. You can find all our local news at KR...