KRBD Evening Report

Updates on election results as ballots continue to come in. Tlingit and Haida host a workshop on processing sea otter, after a regulation change. The capitol Christmas tree makes its way to DC. 

Early election results across the state. Trapping season on Prince of Wales Island. A dog sets out to solve a mystery.

A primer on tomorrow’s state and national elections. The US Capitol Christmas Tree makes a stop in Ketchikan. 

Ketchikan’s Land Trust clears an early hurdle to bringing affordable housing to the community; plus, the city of Seward will receive federal funding to add shore power to its cruise ship port; Alaska Native veterans discuss their perspective on the Navy’s Angoon apology; and a closer look at Ballot Measure 1.

KRBD's Jack Darrell brings you an exclusive edition of the Evening Report, extra late on this Halloween evening. Tune in for a frightful trip through Ketchikan, featuring tales from locals both real and imagined and encounters with beings not of this world...

The body of a hunter killed by a brown bear is recovered near Sitka; plus, a residential fire in Ketchikan’s forest park neighborhood leaves heavy damage but no injuries; and, the Canadian government plans to build a road to a mining operation near Wrangell. 

Western Prince of Wales and Sitka are under a high wind warning through tonight; plus, early voting is off to a hot start across the state; the closure of a preschool in Haines leaves families in a childcare crisis; and, a lab in Kodiak is researching ways to support oyster farming. 

The City of Saxman fills vacancies for both a Village Public Safety Officer and City Clerk; also, the Alaska Marine Highway System releases new details for their long term plan; and a look at Sitka’s Indigenous People’s Day celebration.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The final numbers on central Southeast Alaska’s moose hunting season. A Village Public Safety Officer talks a Texan out of a bad idea. And how to stay on top of your mental health in the winter months. 

A long awaited vote by a regional advisory council means Ketchikan will remain an urban community, in terms of subsistence use; also, an update from the borough on the outlook for the popular Rainbird Trail damaged by the landslide; and despite setbacks, Kayhi’s Drama Kings get ready to perform their version of a Broadway Harry Potter production.

A regional subsistence advisory council recommends closing all harvest of hooligan in the waters around southern Southeast; also, Petersburg approves a proposal to extend a local port dock; and, a look at the challenge of hiring Alaska teachers amid ongoing budget cuts.

Early voting in the general election has started across Alaska; also, we take a look at Ketchikan’s Mobile-Integrated Healthcare program; and a new cruise ship dock is planned in Juneau. 

Ketchikan’s School Board welcomed new members and elected a president. Juneau officials are blindsided by plans to build another cruise dock in the Capital City. Trident Seafood finally sells the last of the plants from their surprise sell-off last year. Part four of our five-part series on Alaska herring in Japan. 

Alaskans voting by mail this fall should put two stamps on their absentee ballots, but the postal service says they'll still accept them if you forget; and we hear part three of KCAW's series about Japan's herring market and its ties to Southeast Alaska.

The Borough Assembly welcomes new members and bids an old one farewell. Alaska Native communities growing food to fight climate change. Part two of our Phantom Fish series following Alaska herring through Japan.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough agrees to exempt agricultural businesses from property taxes; a look at Juneau’s short term rental registration program; and the first of a five-part series examining Southeast Alaska’s herring fisheries and their ties to Japanese markets. 

Ketchikan’s Borough Mayor vetoes funding for a winter warming shelter; a closer look at Alaska’s outbreak of whooping cough; an examination of the claims made in the political ads for Alaska’s US House race; and a Coast Guard auxiliary group is revived in Petersburg.

A group of Alaskans push to limit trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and elsewhere; a regional organization receives more money for clean energy projects; two Juneau residents survive a brown bear attack; and a climate researcher says to expect shorter and warmer Alaska winters. 

A landslide near Ward Lake strands multiple people. A large fire sweeps through Haines. The lowdown on Fat Bear Week.

The Alaska Marine Highway System is hammering out the details on their 20-year plan. Alaskans say they want politics to be less polarized. But do they mean it? The ACLU accuses the State of Alaska of a massive breach of HIPAA laws. 

Ketchikan police shoot a bear downtown. Preliminary election results for Prince of Wales Island are in.

A recap on Ketchikan's local election results and Juneau's ship-free Saturdays proposition. The reopening of the Third Avenue Bypass after August’s landslide. Starlink is bringing rural Alaska online in a big way, but there are risks. 

Whooping cough hits Ketchikan. US Forest Service and coast guard remove debris from deer mountain today. Quakers apologize for the cultural erasure of Tlingit people. Juneau votes on ship free Saturdays. 

The state releases Alaska’s winter ferry schedule. Regulators close the Gulf of Alaska Pollock fishery. A Canadian archaeologist searches the depths for our origins. 

Day 2 of Southeast Conference is held in Ketchikan. Banned Books Week. A New York City dance company is set to visit Ketchikan next month.