KRBD Evening Report

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.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s emergency manager warns against coronavirus complacency after a well-attended graduation parade. Plus, the leader of Ketchikan’s University of Alaska Southeast campus asks the borough to oppose a proposed campus merger.

Ketchikan celebrates high schoolers’ graduation. Plus, demonstrators across the state rally and march in response to the death of George Floyd.

These recorded messages from the faculty and staff of Craig High School were broadcast on KRBD's Prince of Wales Island translators during Craig's graduation parade on May 29 to celebrate spring 2020 graduates. Congratulations, grads! We'll be back Monday with more news.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Canadian authorities extend restrictions on cruise ships. Plus, Ketchikan’s borough assembly will meet in person on Monda for the first time in months.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: An unconventional candidate enters Alaska’s U.S. Senate race. Plus, a look at some paranormal activity in a hotel in Haines.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The ferry link between Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island is severed. Plus… Ketchikan High School hopes to add new classes for the fall, Juneau moves to mail ballots and researchers find a novel way to monitor methane emissions from Alaska's lakes.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan city leaders discuss the prospect of small cruise ships visiting the city this summer. Plus, a look at how a few Ketchikan businesses are handling reopening in line with state guidelines.