KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:  A Ketchikan woman is helping get food to the needy during the pandemic, the governor announced that all Alaska businesses can open at full capacity starting Friday, and about half of Juneau’s confirmed COVID-19 cases have been linked to Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: On Thursday, the city council will discuss whether to allow a small cruise ship to dock in June. Plus, Sitka’s state prosecutor is charged with assault.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Gov. Dunleavy said federal relief would make up for an education veto. School officials say that’s not the case. Plus, the borough assembly passes its budget and there’s more drive-up coronavirus testing planned for tomorrow and Thursday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The National Marine Fisheries Service says shutting down the Southeast Chinook season wouldn’t do much to save endangered orcas. Plus, some Alaskans aren’t letting the pandemic delay their weddings.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s borough assembly will take up its budget again on Monday, plus, tribal leaders say the federal government is moving too fast on the Roadless Rule amid the pandemic.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board discusses CARES Act funding — plus, the summer commercial salmon season kicks off today on the Copper River.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Petersburg is heading into the middle of May with no community-wide plans for its Little Norway Festival, plus, high temperatures over the weekend broke records across Southeast.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Ketchikan School Board will consider a sole-source deal to replace Kayhi’s busted boilers, plus, the Alaska Supreme Court allows the recall campaign against Gov. Mike Dunleavy to proceed.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The South Tongass Highway will get a new coat of asphalt ahead of more long-term repairs planned for 2022, plus the story of a Chilkat weaver working to reflect the biggest story of our time.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Free coronavirus tests will be available next week in downtown Ketchikan — plus, Ketchikan City Council discusses the economy and the future of the cruise industry.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s largest parochial school suspends elementary classes — plus, a mandate requiring masks has been allowed to expire in Petersburg.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The economic impacts of COVID19 and the future of the cruise industry are the top issues for Thursday’s Ketchian City Council meeting ... outhouses are open and campgrounds will reopen soon in Ketchikan’s Ward Lake area ... and state officials outline mandates for independent commercial fishing boats.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s borough assembly discusses the use of the rec center as a homeless shelter and passes a budget — plus, stock in Norwegian Cruise Line tumbles more than 20 percent.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Carnival Cruise Line cancels its remaining cruises to Alaska this summer — plus, legislation lowering Pioneer Home rates passes, and a controversial land swap deal has a Prince of Wales boat shop in jeopardy.

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Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: State authorities plan to start construction on a remote road project on Kupreanof Island this summer — plus, the intersection of climate change and zine-making. And stay tuned for a compilation of all the poems we've heard this month as part of KRBD's One Poem a Day Won't Kill You series.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Representative Dan Ortiz will face a challenge from a Ketchikan school board member this November — plus, health officials aren’t sure how the coronavirus infected a long-term care patient, in a facility that’s been on lockdown for six weeks.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Geoduck fishermen will get back to work beneath the waves tomorrow as demand in China rebounds — plus, a look at Wrangell’s business community as the state slowly reopens.   All that and more on tonight’s KRBD Evening Report.

Some educators in Ketchikan were left scratching their heads when officials announced a statewide virtual school — plus, Sitka now has its first confirmed case of COVID-19. And stay tuned for another installment of KRBD's One Poem a Day Won't Kill You, our annual celebration of National Poetry Month.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A temporary homeless shelter at Ketchikan’s rec center is slated to close nearly two weeks ahead of schedule — plus, Juneau harnesses the power of volunteers.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: As distance learning takes shape in Ketchikan, teachers focus on supporting students rather than assigning homework and grades — plus, what the forest can teach us during a pandemic.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:   Three Ketchikan-area local governments are set to get more than $20 million in CARES Act relief — plus, human remains were found on an island near Sitka.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:   Ketchikan’s animal shelter reopens for adoptions and drop-offs, but by appointment only — plus, Ketchikan’s school board will take another look at next year’s budget Wednesday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:   Ketchikan city officials say the state hasn’t shared data on travelers entering Ketchikan — plus, one more case of COVID-19 in Ketchikan brings the local total to 16.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: State health mandates technically carry the force of law, but enforcement remains murky — plus… two Ketchikan beaches closed as part of the effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus have reopened. And stick around for another installment of One Poem a Day Won't Kill You.