KRBD Evening Report

A 52-foot seiner sinks near Metlakatla; Gov. Mike Dunleavy signs the state’s budget with education funding; the Alaska Supreme Court rules in favor of the state’s homeschooling system; Juneau’s city-owned hospital seeks funding to stay open; and a Juneau artist is donating old photos from a remote island in the Bering Sea.

Ketchikan passes an ordinance to increase penalties for disorderly conduct; the deadline has been extended for public comment about the king salmon endangered species designation; the Alaska Supreme Court hears arguments over homeschooling; and Sitka holds a Bear Awareness Day.

The Ketchikan city council votes to increase sewer rates. A Sitka group makes a third attempt at putting a cruise ship limit out to voters. Managers discuss new regulations coming down the pike for electronic monitoring of Bering Sea trawlers. 

Teams finish their Race to Alaska this week in Ketchikan. Trail crews in Southeast try to keep up with more mud. We’ll hear from someone who paddled to Celebration. 

Passengers survive a capsized crab boat near Petersburg; dangerous levels of paralytic shellfish toxins were found at Settler’s Cove; the Juneau Assembly increases funding for a mobile home loan program; and a long-planned hydroelectric project in Angoon is finally moving forward.

Invasive green crabs have expanded from the waters off Metlakatla; Southeast Alaska’s May weather was a little wetter and colder than some were hoping for; and a look at local farming in Wrangell.

Training Southeast Alaska healthcare professionals on handling assault. The saltwater king sport fishery south of Petersburg is limited to one fish this weekend. Chemists, museum curators, and Alaska Native weavers team up to solve an ancient mystery.

Day 3 of the search for a missing Ketchikan woman but no leads. A regional economic development organization secures funding to install heat pumps on Prince of Wales Island. A mountain lion shows up in Wrangell. 

The search continues for a missing Ketchikan woman. Silver Bay seafoods acquires another former Trident processing plant. And an animal rescue in Juneau acquires a lot of cats. 

A flipped car in the Water Street tunnel blocked traffic today; a search is underway for a Ketchikan woman who went missing near Ward Lake yesterday; a Ketchikan man was sentenced for running an online child pornography group; a conversation with one of the lead dancers at the Celebration festival last week; and a look at why thunderstorms are so rare in Southeast Alaska.

After 16 years of operation, Ketchikan’s First City Haven homeless shelter announces it’s shutting down; a federal lawsuit over fishing rights in Metlakatla appears poised for trial; and a look at what an endangered species designation of king salmon might mean for Alaska fishermen.

The Ketchikan borough passes its budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Dispatches from Celebration.

Part two of our funding conversation with Sen. Bert Stedman. Good news for seniors that collect benefits. Fish and Game deals with a bear that has been killing dogs in Sitka. 

We chat with Alaska senator Bert Stedman about education funding. A fatal boating accident near Petersburg. Canoes are landing in Juneau for Celebration. 

After weeks of public outcry, the owner of a prominent Water Street property has agreed not to raise a pair of fake totem poles in front of his shops. An update on the Ketchikan businesses charged by the state with selling fake gold. A Ketchikan fugitive is arrested in Indiana. 

WISH executive director Agnes Moran has entered the race for the District 1 House seat; a Juneau inventor hopes to revolutionize tidal energy; and paddlers make their way to the Celebration festival in Juneau this week.

Grant EchoHawk has reentered the House race against his fellow Borough Assembly member Jeremy Bynum; Juneau finalizes an agreement to limit cruise passengers; and some people think wooly mammoths could one day again roam in Alaska.

Ketchikan independent Rep. Dan Ortiz discusses his decade of service in the state legislature; a grand jury indicts a man for an alleged cruise ship stabbing incident; the Sitka Assembly backs a policy to limit halibut bycatch; and the festival known as Celebration comes to Juneau next week.

Ketchikan independent Rep. Dan Ortiz announces he’s no longer seeking reelection; the Juneau Assembly considers how to proceed with lower property taxes; a new bill will help finance renewable energy projects around the state; and a Southeast Alaska group is looking for a cheaper way to get rid of trash.

A Ketchikan jeweler is sued by the state for selling fake gold. Dozens of festival goers were stranded in Haines over the weekend when an AMHS ferry broke down. A petition seeks to list Alaska king salmon as endangered. Protesters target Denali National Park over what officials say was a bogus rumor. 

The governor eyes establishing a task force to look at the states seafood industry turmoil. Solving the mystery of a shipwrecked charter vessel. 

The Ketchikan School Board recalls some pink slips. Mary Peltola attempts to tackle bycatch. A Southeast Alaska Coast Guard pilot makes his Jepoardy! debut.

The village of Kasaan prepares to paddle to Juneau for Celebration, for the first time ever. A bill affecting marijuana sales dies on the floor. A Southeast Alaska-centric update from Senator Lisa Murkowski. Petersburg puts the pieces together. 

The Ketchikan Borough Assembly voted last night to approve the school district’s budget with additional funding; Indigenous leaders speak out against fake totem poles in downtown Ketchikan; and state Sen. Bert Stedman, who represents most of Southeast Alaska including Ketchikan, reflects on this year’s budget process.

Ketchikan’s public electric utility is grappling with aging infrastructure, short staffing, and underfunding; the family of a man fatally shot by Anchorage police is calling on the city to release body camera footage; and repatriated Native objects are unveiled at the Nolan Center in Wrangell.