KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Teachers and parents anxiously wait to see how Ketchikan’s school district will handle a return to full-capacity schools five days a week — local election filings show some fresh faces and familiar challengers.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A Sitka police officer was fired over excessive force allegations… and later found work at the community’s jail — plus, a look back at 30 years of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s students will head back into classrooms five days a week this fall after the school board rejected the district’s pandemic plan — plus, Ketchikan’s assembly could ask state authorities to step up testing and quarantine requirements for in-state travelers.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Officials hope a new machine headed for Ketchikan could cut wait times for COVID-19 test results — plus, you might see some new boats on the water if you’re passing through Sitka Sound.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Some Ketchikan parents are up in arms over the school district’s latest back-to school plans — plus, Metlakatla cancels most Founders’ Day activities.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s new back-to-school plan has elementary school students on-site four days a week — plus, the delicate balance between privacy and the public interest during a pandemic.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Two more coronavirus cases on Prince of Wales Island — plus, while the pandemic has devastated the tourism business in Ketchikan, vitamins, plants and powersports equipment are flying off the shelves.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan has seen nine coronavirus cases in the past 7 days with two new cases announced today, and that has local emergency officials concerned — plus, why some voters were mailed absentee ballot applications with the wrong names — and a local violence prevention organization is asking residents to share their experiences with racism in Ketchikan.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s borough assembly extends a housing relief program to residents outside city limits — plus, a silver lining to Southeast’s soggy summer.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan residents react to new mask requirements at two national chain stores — plus… no boatloads of tourists means no tourism, right? Well, not quite.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Tests reveal more cases of COVID-19 in Ketchikan — plus… why some domestic violence shelter workers are worried about seeing fewer calls during the pandemic.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan police arrest a 22-year-old man on suspicion of killing his stepfather — plus… Ketchikan approves an anti-discrimination ordinance, and Safeway will require masks.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A Ketchikan woman who police say escaped from jail last month is recaptured — plus… officials plan a town hall on the school district’s back-to-school plans and COVID-19 testing for people without symptoms is coming to Prince of Wales Island.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Artist Terry Pyles has begun the painstaking process of repairing his vandalized mosaic on the downtown docks. Also, Ketchikan human society volunteers spent eight hours rescuing kittens in a culvert.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The city of Ketchikan releases a statement condemning racism and police brutality. Some on the council said it didn’t go far enough — plus, Ketchikan’s school board meets tomorrow night, and Juneau takes a novel approach to pandemic-related unemployment: a conservation corp.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan could soon buy its own high-throughput testing machine, which could mean faster test results — plus, more coronavirus cases in Ketchikan, a rescue on POW, and a Colorado mining company’s $7 million plan to clean up radioactive waste at the state’s only uranium mine.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: With the cruise season all but gone, tourists aren’t the only people missing from Ketchikan this summer — plus, more and more Juneau residents are installing air-source heat pumps to keep their homes warm.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s city council gives tentative approval to a wide-ranging anti-discrimination ordinance — plus, Alaska pediatricians weigh the costs and benefits of having kids physically in classrooms.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan police say they’ve uncovered another case of someone receiving large amounts of narcotics through the U.S. mail — plus, a new mural of an Alaska Native civil rights leader is unveiled in Petersburg.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A proposal that would have required face masks in public spaces in Ketchikan fails — plus, one Southeast senator says a $5 billion Permanent Fund transfer will protect it for future generations.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: It’s official: no large cruise ships will visit Alaska this summer — plus, A bird may be behind an early-morning power outage on Independence Day, and a recall effort in Thorne Bay fails by a narrow margin.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: How the owners of Ketchikan’s oldest bar are weathering the pandemic — plus, Petersburg will celebrate Elizabeth Peratrovich’s birthday by unveiling a new mural on Saturday. We're off Friday for Independence Day -- we'll be back Monday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A city council member who pushed for a mandatory mask policy says he won’t back a proposal that comes with fines — plus, Thorne Bay’s recall is too close to call, and the summer troll season kicks off.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Alaska’s top doctor speaks to legislators about the importance of wearing masks in crowded spaces — plus, it’s not just humans that can feel the effects of paralytic shellfish poisoning.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Three of Thorne Bay’s seven City Council members will face a recall election tomorrow — plus, Skagway puts nearly a million dollars in the mail to residents.