KRBD Evening Report

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s new police chief says he plans to focus on drug prevention and rehabilitation, Plus, Ketchikan’s borough plans to set aside money for housing projects, Later, a tug remains grounded near Sitka as wildlife officials report an oily sheen near spawning grounds for herring, And, conservation measures for troubled Southeast king salmon stocks will continue.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A trove of documents outline the circumstances leading up to last year’s fatal floatplane crash in the Misty Fjords, Plus, Ketchikna’s school board green-lights security upgrades and administrator contracts Later, a newspaper focused on people without homes celebrates two years, And Haines’ library director says goodbye.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A king salmon compromise to keep sport fishing bag limits unchanged throughout the season, Plus, the Alaska Board of Fisheries rejects a red king crab proposal supported by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and fishermen.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council approves new names for the city hall and council chambers, but a park naming proposal encounters opposition, Plus, Sitka Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins is calling it quits Later, grants are available for subsistence equipment and food security projects And a proposal to raise black cod harvest limits for sport fishermen fails

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Metlakatla and Klawock basketball teams come in second in their divisions in the state tournament Plus, sport and commercial closures for crab near Prince of Wales Island to preserve subsistence harvest And a new episode of a PBS kids show celebrates Filipino-Athabaskan heritage.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's borough officials say the local transit agency hopes to replace some diesel buses with electric vehicles Plus, a $1.5 trillion federal funding bill has more than $4 million for three pipes in southern Southeast Alaska, including one in Wrangell And, state investigators find COVID-19 violations at Juneau's city-owned hospital.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A conversation with Ketchikan's incoming Superior Court judge Plus, some city facilities could get new names, And, Wrangell now has a state child services caseworker for the first time in 15 years.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Police say two separate drug busts in Ketchikan found more than 1,000 counterfeit opioid pills Plus, cell phone and weather radio trouble in the southern panhandle, Later, The body of a Juneau man who went missing last year has been found, And, $8 million for a Petersburg hospital in a recent federal spending bill.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: The Sitka sac roe herring fishery will remain a race to the finish   Plus, a totem pole is rededicated in Juneau, Later, mental health hospital visits in the Capital City continue to skyrocket, And, a conversation with a Ukranian lives in Sitka reflects on the war,

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: The Malaspina could be reborn as a museum   Plus, Ketchikan's Lady Kings win the regional basketball tournament, And: The Sitka Tribe and commercial fishermen jointly withdraw herring proposals

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board green-lights a new administrative position.   Plus, Ketchikan's City Council will consider a range of issues in a four-hour work session tomorrow afternoon, Later: How schoolchildren helped design this year's "I voted" stickers, And: A workshop durig a Tlingit cultural festival in Petersburg teaches attendees how to make traditional r...

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A look ahead at the Alaska cruise season.   Plus: Scenes from the first day of the Southeast Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting in Anchorage, and We speak with two southern panhandle winners of Spruce Root's Path to Prosperity business competition.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Four proposals for the Malaspina.   Plus: Ketchikan's City Council adopts a local hiring preference, Later, the governor appoints a new Ketchikan Superior Court judge, and Filmmakers explore cruise impacts in Sitka.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report… Ketchikan’s school board will consider upgrading the district’s math curriculum and creating a new assistant superintendent position, the State of Alaska has a plan to spend nearly $100 million in federal funding to support the ailing childcare system, and two women in Petersburg are keeping a close watch on friends and family in Ukraine while trying to educate...

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Prince Rupert is back on the Alaska Marine Highway schedule.   Plus: A new bill looks to improve village public safety officer retention, Later, an affordable housing project in Petersburg, and A look at an exhibit of Tlingit miniatures in Haines.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Scientists document the impact of the multi-year drought that hit Southeast Alaska before the pandemic.   Plus: Ketchikan's Borough Assembly will consider the future of the community's airport Later, a creek and a mountain on Prince of Wales Island are up for name changes, and A cleanup effort at a contaminated dock in Skagway.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council will consider making it easier for residents to get city jobs.   Plus: a split vote on a gondola in Juneau. And a prominent culture bearer in Sitka has died.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: How the U.S.-Russia conflict is affecting an expedition to study wild salmon this winter.   Plus: a death in custody at the Craig Jail, and A prize-winning poem reading in Petersburg

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: The Prince of Wales Island community of Craig is celebrating its centennial today.   Plus: Sewage treatment for Ketchikan and other coastal communities could get a whole lot more expensive.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Don Young floats a bill aimed at Russian yachts and merchant ships Plus: A look at the rest of the delegation's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, The Forest Service wants to demolish the Anan Lake cabin, and A new lease on life for Kensington Mine. No podcast tomorrow -- we're pre-empted by the State of the Union Address. Coverage begins at 5 p.m. Tuesday...

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school district apologizes for racist remarks and an insensitive theme at a basketball game against Metlakatla. Plus: Juneau police shot at a man and struck two homes after receiving a call about the man threatening to hurt himself, The Junior Native Youth Olympic Games wrap up this weekend, and A look at the Coast Guard's icebreaking fleet.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Mask mandates will remain an option for Ketchikan schools, but the largest COVID-19 testing program is no more. Plus: Alaska's Congressional delegation condemns Russia's aggression in Ukraine, a Juneau carver is making a new totem pole to represent the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian tribes, and ATVs are now street legal in Sitka.

Coast Guard investigators are looking into the death of a crewmember who was found dead on Sunday aboard a cutter moored in Ketchikan – plus, Ketchikan's COVID-19 death toll now exceeds Juneau's – and the state of Alaska may finally sell one of its original mainline ferries.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Masks are now optional in Ketchikan's schools, and a proposal to be considered Wednesday would remove nearly all restrictions – plus, people celebrate a very special date on Ketchikan's cruise ship docks.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A Ketchikan man is sentenced to 20 years behind bars for the 2020 killing of his stepfather – plus, an update on the progress of plans to upgrade Ketchikan's ballfields.