KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan police say they’ve uncovered another case of someone receiving large amounts of narcotics through the U.S. mail — plus, a new mural of an Alaska Native civil rights leader is unveiled in Petersburg.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A proposal that would have required face masks in public spaces in Ketchikan fails — plus, one Southeast senator says a $5 billion Permanent Fund transfer will protect it for future generations.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: It’s official: no large cruise ships will visit Alaska this summer — plus, A bird may be behind an early-morning power outage on Independence Day, and a recall effort in Thorne Bay fails by a narrow margin.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: How the owners of Ketchikan’s oldest bar are weathering the pandemic — plus, Petersburg will celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich’s birthday by unveiling a new mural on Saturday. We're off Friday for Independence Day -- we'll be back Monday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A city council member who pushed for a mandatory mask policy says he won’t back a proposal that comes with fines — plus, Thorne Bay’s recall is too close to call, and the summer troll season kicks off.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Alaska’s top doctor speaks to legislators about the importance of wearing masks in crowded spaces — plus, it’s not just humans that can feel the effects of paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Three of Thorne Bay’s seven City Council members will face a recall election tomorrow — plus, Skagway puts nearly a million dollars in the mail to residents.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s school board gets another earful from parents who say they’re not satisfied with a back-to-school plan that has kids in classrooms two days a week at the most — plus, new rain gauges are installed in Sitka to help predict landslides.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Sitkans call for a statue of Russian settler Alexander Baranov to be relocated from City Hall — plus, time will tell whether Southeast Alaska trees survive damage from sawflies.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Blueberry Arts Festival has been canceled due to coronavirus concerns — plus, Ketchikan officials say a new case of COVID-19 announced Tuesday is a case of “community spread” — a judge deals a potentially fatal blow to a timber sale on Prince of Wales Island — and the school board talks back-to-school plans.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Police arrest a man suspected of arranging for a shipment of heroin and pills to Ketchikan — plus, two new cases of COVID-19 in seafood industry workers were announced Monday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Applications are available for three business and nonprofit aid programs — plus, the school board is set to hold a work session on a controversial back-to-school plan — a Kayhi teacher wins a $10,000 statewide award.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s city council is considering a mask requirement — plus the council advances a measure that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ people in Ketchikan — and more cruise ship sailings are cut from the schedule.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s emergency manager appeals for calm after announcing a traveler who tested positive for COVID-19 went to several social events and public spaces — plus… a Klawock police officer prosecuted for PFD fraud can continue working in law enforcement

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan authorities warn of potential wide community spread of COVID-19 after a traveler reportedly breaks quarantine — plus, city leaders will discuss a measure to ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:  Another traveler to Ketchikan has tested positive for COVID-19, the Ketchikan Borough Assembly is moving forward with allowing regular elections by mail, and Sitka gets creative with 4th of July celebrations.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: State and local officials seem at odds over where exactly southern Southeast’s COVID cases are — plus, families of Alaska Natives killed by police speak out amid a national reckoning over racism and excessive force.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Five new cases of COVID-19 in KRBD’s listening area — plus, city officials talk CARES Act relief.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan parents say they’re not satisfied with the district’s plans for next year — plus, Alaskans are still being targeted with COVID-19-related scams.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Craig has a new case of COVID-19, one who tested positive for the virus at Ketchikan’s airport — plus, Ketchikan’s city government will consider how to use half of its $12 million in federal relief tomorrow.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s borough assembly approves roughly $5 million in economic relief — plus, it’s a renters’ market in Skagway.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Southeast Alaskans turn out in force to protest racial injustice. Plus, four Ketchikan residents escape a house fire thanks in part to a vigilant cat.

Demonstrators rally across from a Ketchikan flower shop that reportedly denied service for a same-sex wedding. Plus, the cruise season could start in late June, and there’s unease in rural southeast about the state’s plan to consolidate 911 dispatch in the Mat-Su.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A look at what the scrubbed cruise season means for visitor industry businesses. Plus, some 250 Sitkans gather to remember George Floyd.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Demonstrators turn out to protest against racial injustice in Ketchikan. Plus, state troopers say one person is dead following an early-morning house fire.