KRBD Evening Report

Kayhi students walked out of class today in protest on Gov. Dunleavy's veto of SB140. Other student walkouts took place across Alaska. Airport parking rates are going up in Ketchikan starting this summer.

After a heated discussion, the city council votes to extend First City Haven homeless shelter on a short-term basis. Also, a tribal healthcare provider is suing the federal government over costs it says it’s owed.

Without an increase to state education funding, the Ketchikan school board expects to be in the red. Chatting with a two-time champion of the other grueling, extreme race following the Iditarod. Alaska’s first-of-its-kind plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Grant Echohawk drops out of the race for the District 1 House seat. A land trust clashes with the National Park Service in Sitka. Mary Peltola talks fish and her reelection campaign.

A regional landslide warning system for communities large and small. A new way to track fish. USDA funding to improve locally grown food. Troubles in the Sitka Sac Roe herring fishery. 

A major Alaska utility provider is moving its headquarters to Ketchikan, an onsite marijuana consumption business gets approved in Juneau, Sitka considers creating a Tourism commission, and leaders of a federal agency discuss resource development along Alaska coastlines.

Legislators contemplate the future of Alaska education funding, Alaska’s biggest city considers regulating short-term rentals, humpback whales are going missing, and a Sitka reporter samples sushi in Japan.

A new report lays out the state of Alaska’s aquaculture industry, Wrangell’s old hospital may turn into future housing, the Raptor Center in Sitka seeks a new director, and 16 tarantulas in Juneau find a new home.

EC Phillips is announced as the buyer for Trident’s Petersburg Plant. Alaska reaches a multimillion dollar settlement with CVS for their role in the opioid crisis. We continue our journey through Japan in hot pursuit of Alaska herring. The Alaska legislature plan a task force to the address the seafood industry’s tailspin. The Juneau school district reacts to Gov. Dunleavy’s veto. 

A Sitka-based company is buying a Ketchikan processing plant from Trident Seafoods, the deadline looms for Gov. Dunleavy’s decision on a bipartisan education bill, the Alaska legislature rejects executive orders, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose reports back from Japan.

Mayor Rodney Dial outlines the priorities in his “State of the Borough” address. A Ketchikan-raised weaver helps usher the craft into the next generation. SEADOGS to the rescue. We continue to follow the journey of Alaska herring in Japan. 

The Ketchikan Fire department pushes back at a recent city council meeting. A Sitkan starts a nonprofit to limit cruise passengers. We continue to follow the journey of Alaska herring in Japan. 

Trident Seafoods is finalizing the sale of three processing facilities; borough assembly members consider changing the names of Ketchikan schools; a former Juneau hospital official accepts a plea deal; and a Sitka reporter follows locally caught herring on its journey to Japan.

A way forward for timber sales in Southeast Alaska. Across the state, public schools and parks grapple with new and old names.

Rumors spread in Ketchikan this week about the death of a community member - so it came as a happy shock when he answered the phone. Alaska fishermen face even lower catch limits for halibut. An incredible run-in with a moose on the Iditarod Trail. Things get heated at the most recent meeting of the Sitka Assembly.

Ketchikan gets a new addiction treatment center. The Tongass National Forest gets a new management plan and some new staff positions. The feds say the state may owe millions of dollars in funding to Kenai, Juneau, and North Slope schools. A hydroelectric project on Admiralty Island that is four decades in the making gets the greenlight.

A new cultural tourism initiative in Juneau - plus, a cultural tourism conference in Sitka. Turnover in Mary Peltola's office. A dark and disturbing trial wraps up in Anchorage.

The Ketchikan Indian Community pushes for subsistence rights, an Alaskan actor reflects on her role in a popular HBO series, and state legislators introduce a bill to increase disaster aid.

Ketchikan gets blanketed with over a foot of snow and more might be on the way. Juneau greenlights major construction on the Eaglecrest Ski area. A Petersburg grocery store takes home an international award. A mythical mammal caused a stir in Denali. 

A Kayhi alum designs art for this year’s Celebration. SEARHC employees threaten to organize. A group in Juneau rallies around a ceasefire in Gaza. Updates from this weekend's sled dog races.

An Alaska Native group says the Canadian government is violating their human rights, Governor Dunleavy casts doubt on the future of a nearly-unanimously passed education bill, and a Southeast state representative discusses why she thinks that same bill would be a huge win for Alaska schools.

Takeaways on housing from Sen. Sullivan's Saxman visit today. Gov. Dunleavy takes aim at protesters. Sport fishermen are delighted by the return of winter kings to some parts of Southeast, while others mourn their summer counterparts. 

Juneau considers how to spend the money raised from cruise ship fees; Senator Dan Sullivan suggests attacking Iran’s navy ahead of his visit to Ketchikan tomorrow; the state considers how to improve food stamp processing; and a Sitka scientist uses kelp to predict the future.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game bars fishing for coveted hooligan in the waters around Ketchikan; state legislators consider the governor’s order for the Alaska Marine Highway Board; the Sitka School District hopes for additional state funding; and the U.S. Forest Service is building recreational cabins in Southeast Alaska.

Hometown U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski pushes for landslide preparedness, a new study questions the effectiveness of fishery surveys, the city of Sitka adds staff positions, and an Alaska company uses recycled fishing line to make handwoven rugs.