KRBD Evening Report

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.

The Ketchikan City Council raises utility rates. Metlakatla Indian Community argues for fishing rights in federal court. And Petersburg educators struggle to fund schools.

Kayhi students show us why kindness matters. An Alaska fisheries writer talks about seafood market crashes. And the Sitka assembly votes down a tour bus regulation.

Fishermen respond to a new bill on electronic monitoring in state fisheries. Love is on the air. Celebrating Valentine’s Day the Alaskan way.

The Ketchikan library book saga continues with a state complaint. Murkowski introduces a bill that could benefit Ketchikan’s waterfront. Alaska senators weigh in on foreign aid. A Sitka school hones in on a new name. Bulldozers close in on Juneau’s Telephone Hill neighborhood. 

Volcano activity in Sitka. We go down the rabbithole, or the pothole, on a familiar topic in Ketchikan. Juneau builds more affordable housing. An update on SEARHC. 

A house fire in Forest Park. A boutique opens in Ketchikan with a unique twist. A conservation group tries to get king salmon listed as endangered in Southeast Alaska. Juneau residents garbage is about to get more expensive. 

Troopers seize 15,000 fentanyl pills in Ketchikan. Juneau votes down the formation of a new Alaska borough. Petersburg schools crack down on cellphones. 

Russian aircraft test the boundaries of US airspace near Alaska. A chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting patients appears in court. A bar in Juneau is nominated for a James Beard award. Southeast fishermen question the state's observer program, physical or digital. 

The 2024 Ketchikan Wearable Arts show wows attendees. AMHS cuts summer service. A PFD deadline gets extended. 

A District 1 candidate for the Alaska House drops out of the race. Local artists and culture bearers collaborate on reducing plastic. A Juneau condo developer causes controversy.

Tribes clash with the Canadian government over mining on the Unuk River. Boats head out from Kodiak for pollock season - over a week after the season started. Juneau breaks a white winter record. Further north, a sled dog musher comes close to doing the same.

A new bill is introduced in DC for a decades-old dispute over Cape Fox's unsettled lands. HBO’s new season of True Detective, set in a fictional Northwestern Alaska town, features some local talent. A real Northwestern Alaskan town builds the nation’s first deepwater port in the Arctic. Dispatches from the Dutch Harbor cod fishery and the Kensington mine.

The governor’s State of the State address and the preceding protests. More snow and an Irish band head to Southeast. 

An artist from Ketchikan is recognized with a national award. Long after the tourists depart Juneau at the end of cruise season, they leave something behind. Communities across Southeast talk landslides. 

Southeast is battered by winds. Fish and Game announces the rules on rockfish. More on the governor’s executive orders. Alaska Quakers travel to Kake to apologize. 

An update in the case of the international drug trafficking ring sending narcotics by mail to Ketchikan. A new bill could tighten restrictions for hunting and fishing licenses. A conversation with a new member of Alaska’s oldest paper. 

Recapping the most recent wolf trapping season. Peering into a volcanic crater in Sitka. Petersburg’s tribal council swears in amid staffing changes. 

How to engage with the Alaska legislature. Pinball wizards square off in Sitka.

Arson is suspected in a fire over the weekend. Ketchikan’s newest wrestling team heads to Petersburg. Winter storms head to Juneau. Alaska fights a surge in STIs. 

The search continues for a missing person on Revilla Island. Traditional knowledge makes it into a Board of Fish policy session. A tour of a remote lighthouse in Frederick Sound. 

The public makes their voice heard on library books in Ketchikan. The potential implications a US Supreme Court case could have on Alaskans. Remembering one of the Alaska journalism greats. 

A major Ketchikan criminal trial closes. The state legislature opens. KIC holds tribal elections. Petersburg shows support for fishermen in crisis. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report… We’ll hear about a deadly landslide in Juneau back in 1936 and lessons learned from that event, U.S. Representative Mary Peltola visited Wrangell late last month discussing natural disasters and the state of the landless bill, and a former Ketchikan couple commissioned a violin made of salvage wood from around Sitka.