KRBD Evening Report

KPU races to identify lead pipes. A beloved basketball coach is remembered. District 2 House Rep. Rebecca Himschoot's plans for the upcoming legislative session.

Ketchikan School Board votes on vacation days. Sitka PD struggles with staffing. State legislators talk renewables.

Harbors across the state face a reckoning. More on Alaska food stamp benefits. Salmon and mining companies compete for the same real estate.

Day 2 wraps up of the rape trial of a Saxman man. Updates on the worlds of cross-country ski racing and food stamps. A conversation with House Representative Rebecca Himschoot.

A trial begins in Ketchikan that is 30 years in the making. Fighting climate change with board games. A runaway moose. 

Ketchikan harbor users are facing steep new rates. Petersburg addresses the youth mental health crisis. Crate diving for rare Alaskan music history. 

The Ketchikan Public Library will be deliberating on a new batch of book challenges. A daring orca rescue. Petersburg cracks down on residency requirements for harvesting game.

Ketchikan elementary students returned to school this week to tragic news. We chat with an Alaska climate specialist on warmer and wetter seasons in Southeast. Plus, an update on the upcoming Celebration.

Closing the book on 2023 with a recap of a year in Southeast Alaska. 

A Sitka woman pulls a winning lottery ticket on Christmas Eve. Updates for anyone planning to ski Eaglecrest in 2024. The final installment of CoastAlaska's Tourism Today Series from Petersburg.

Ketchikan loses a beloved local business but Michelle and Ray Troll tell us why there's no need to mourn. How to avoid wringing in the new year with a respiratory illness. Another entry in the CoastAlaska Tourism Today series, this time from Unalaska. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…. In the first part of a regional tourism series, we’ll hear from the owner of Ketchikan’s oldest bar on how the town has changed over the years, a Ketchikan man is sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexual abuse of a minor, and we’ll hear about the challenge recruiting teachers in Alaska. 

Ketchikan gears up for the holiday boat parade. A dentist in Sitka hits the trail. Wrangell at.óow comes home. 

King salmon forecasts. The stage is set for an election rematch in southern Southeast. More on the governor’s budget. An Alaska photographer receives national recognition. Mendenhall Glacier Recreation Area gets a facelift.

Across the region, its budget season. Ketchikan receives money for affordable housing. Wrangell receives money for dam upgrades. Governor Mike Dunleavy announces the state budget. "Landless" legislation hits a new milestone.

What does the sale of Trident Seafoods plant mean for Ketchikan? The answer from industry experts is we don’t really know yet. A familiar voice for KRBD listeners from the governor’s mansion. What a new defense bill means for Alaskan service members. Plus, updates from the Petersburg School District and UN climate summit.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…. Southeast communities are interconnected, and a family killed in the Wrangell landslide was remembered during a swim meet in Ketchikan, Juneau residents are being asked for there input on how a downtown property should be redeveloped, and a new fossil discovery in Denali National Park and Preserve is providing insights about life 70 million years ago.&nbsp...

Drugs weren't on the city council agenda this week, but downtown business owners took the podium to change that. Juneau rolls back restrictions on landslide zones. Wrangell gets in the holiday spirit.

The Lingit and Haida people of Southeast Alaska have a lot of knowledge about wolves - recently, it helped shape federal policy. Trident Seafoods is selling its Ketchikan processing plant. Military service members face cuts to cost-of-living allowances.

Another bout of heavy winds and rain may be headed for Southeast. Could that mean more landslides? Plus, Sitka highschoolers turned farmers and an update from the downed Air Station Sitka helicopter last month. 

Updates on a statewide trawl fishery lawsuit, tips for homebuyers in Southeast Alaska, and it’s never too late to be an artist. 

Cable TV becomes thing of the past in Ketchikan. Southeast skiers may have to wait to hit the slopes. Plus an in-depth look at another dimension of landslide relief, this time in Haines. 

Prince of Wales Island is added to the Dunleavy’s disaster declaration. Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus stand trial in Sitka. A beloved institution in Juneau closes its doors. 

Ketchikan police and fire departments are front and center during the city’s 2024 budget meetings. Plus updates on Petersburg and Sitka’s efforts to increase housing. 

The story of a daring whale rescue, a Petersburg’s class raising fish, and an update from the landslide area in Wrangell. Plus - what is the right amount of tourism?