KRBD Evening Report

The Southeast Conference release their annual report on the regional economy; an addiction treatment center in Juneau closes today; and garbage raiding black bears are costing residents in Petersburg.

The National Weather Service develops a tool for crews working in the Ketchikan landslide zone; a teenage boy is missing in Sitka after his vehicle rolled into a ravine; the Juneau Assembly votes to fund a study on glacial outburst flood prevention; and some takeaways from the extended internet outage in Sitka. 

Ketchikan’s City Council votes to set up a winter warming shelter; two major atmospheric rivers are expected to bring heavy rain to the region in the coming days; and a look at the rising numbers of whooping cough cases in Alaska. 

The Alaska Marine Highway System is awarded more federal money for ferry upgrades; Juneau residents call for disaster preparation following last month’s glacial outburst flood; Sitka’s experiment in affordable housing passes an important test; and new funding aims to expand composting efforts in tribal communities across Southeast Alaska.

Hundreds of gallons of heating oil spill across the parking lot of Ketchikan’s rec center; a glitch causes some Juneau voters to be sent an extra municipal ballot; licensing for some Alaska food products gets a little looser; and an underwater anthropologist discusses her work exploring the submerged caves of Southeast Alaska. 

Alaska's Congressional Delegation addresses Russian jets entering Alaska's airspace over the weekend. Juneau also grapples with loss of behavioral health resources. Whooping cough and housing costs across the state.

Scientists, business leaders, and advocates convened in Ketchikan last week to talk kelp. The long-term impacts of Ketchikan’s landslide. The Borough set to discuss opening a warming shelter for the local homeless population. Fall fishing on Prince of Wales Island.

Ketchikan police are investigating a complaint of sexual assault by a guest high school instructor; the body of a 72-year-old man was recovered from Ketchikan’s Thomas Basin over the weekend; the two law enforcement officers who shot and killed a man in Juneau this summer will not face criminal charges; Ketchikan’s Landing Hotel has a new owner; and a Petersburg hospital looks to improve its cyber...

Members of the Ketchikan American Legion remember Post 3, a year after it was burned down. A recall on Safeway chicken. A documentary on cruise tourism debuts. The Tongass unveils a subsistence dashboard. 

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola visits Ketchikan to tour the landslide zone; Sitka’s broken fiber optic cable is being repaired but could take another week; new research hopes to help Juneau residents live more harmoniously with black bears; and a reflection on the unexpected upsides of being offline.

Ketchikan officials say the Third Avenue Bypass should reopen by the end of the month; we talk to the Alaska Beacon’s James Brooks about the case to remove a candidate from the congressional ballot; and one of the families whose home was destroyed by the Ketchikan landslide is reunited with their pet dogs.

Juneau voters discuss the ballot proposition to have “ship-free Saturdays”; the Alaska Democratic Party asks a judge to remove a convicted felon from the November ballot; Kotzebue’s commercial salmon fishery faces a 30 year low; and a pair of furry companions are deployed to Ketchikan to comfort residents in the wake of a fatal landslide.

Officials and tour operators meet about tourism traffic in the wake of Ketchikan’s landslide. A memorial for the man that died in that slide. Updates on Sitka’s power cable outage and orcas and fishermen clashing in the Bering Sea. 

A widespread internet and cellular outage continues in Sitka; a man running for Alaska’s House seat from prison will appear on the November ballot; we hear from a biologist about the diversity of Ketchikan’s tidepools; and a master totem pole carver is guiding carvers in Wrangell.

Ketchikan Police Chief Jeff Walls agrees to step down in exchange for the dismissal of the assault charges against him; US Sen. Lisa Murkowski visits Ketchikan’s slide site and pledges federal support; heavy rainfall is forecast for parts of Southeast this weekend; a group in Petersburg is working to set up a landslide warning system; and Sitka is two days into a widespread internet outage, but a...

Most of Ketchikan lost power for a couple hours this afternoon; a panel of experts answer the community’s questions about landslide risks; downtown Juneau gets upgraded internet; and critics are concerned about the “scrubbers” meant to clean up cruise ship exhaust. 

A conversation with a former Ketchikan teacher whose life was upended this spring. Updates on elections in Metlakatla and on Prince of Wales Island. The school board votes on a book challenge.

Alaskan politicians and Indigenous groups ramp up the pressure on British Columbia in a battle over Southeast Alaska rivers. Two candidates vie for the seat of Ketchikan’s mayor about a week from the filing deadline. Plus, updates on the primaries for the House District 1 race. 

We sit down with Agnes Moran - the last in our interview series with District 1 House candidates ahead of the primary. Southeast Trollers are outraged by losses they attribute to the sport fishing industry. An especially interesting lost and found.

We continue our interview series with the District 1 House candidates ahead of the primary. Wrangell stalls on replacing a dock that can be critical for boaters making their way between Wrangell and Ketchikan. 

A fire on the Malaspina in Ward Cove. The first of a series of interviews with the District 1 House candidates ahead of the primary.

Akeela is sued for a data breach. A processing plant in Petersburg hits a milestone. Increased aurora activity due to solar flares. 

Whale strikes in Southeast Alaska. Raising money for local cancer patients' travel expenses. The state ferry Tustumena celebrates its 60th birthday.  

Metlakatla celebrates Founders' Day. No summer closure for Southeast trollers. A lawsuit to stop a massive grocery store merger. Flood cleanup in Juneau.

An investigation into the privatization of fishing rights in Alaska. Dunleavy signs three energy bills into law.