KRBD Evening Report

The Forest Service has revived plans for a huge logging project on Prince of Wales.  Absentee voting for the next mayor of Thorne Bay opened today. 

The Federal Subsistence Board denies a request to reconsider Ketchikan’s rural status.  The city selects a new manager. 

The U.S. Forest Service is seeking feedback on how it should manage Prince of Wales Island’s federally owned landscapes. Plus, a new article shows how access to commercial fishing looks a lot different in Metlakatla compared to other coastal Alaska Native communities.

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District’s approved budget includes a cut of over 50 staff members and the closure of two elementary schools. Plus, two tribal groups on Prince of Wales Island are asking the Federal Subsistence Board to reverse Ketchikan’s rural designation, and Petersburg’s Borough Assembly approves a highly anticipated lease agreement with American Cruise Lines.

The City of Craig’s tourism survey results are out. Plus, the Chilkat River in Haines is named one of the top endangered rivers in America, and Sitka’s local bookstore celebrates its 50th birthday.

A local man was charged with assault after stabbing his landlord last fall. Juneau’s school district sees major leadership changes. 

Gubernatorial candidate Adam Crum visits Saxman.  Petersburg’s local tribe gets a new canoe.

KRBD's news team is out of the office, connecting with other journalists this week at the annual Alaska Press Club Conference in Anchorage. We're looking back on some previous stories from our newsroom that have won awards at this conference.

KRBD's news team is out of the office, connecting with other journalists this week at the annual Alaska Press Club Conference in Anchorage. We're looking back on some previous stories from our newsroom that have won awards at this conference.

KRBD's news team is out of the office, connecting with other journalists this week at the annual Alaska Press Club Conference in Anchorage. We're looking back on some previous stories from our newsroom that have won awards at this conference.

The City and Organized Village of Saxman holds a state of the community address. Plus, a nonprofit tribal organization publishes a new book that presents Tlingit Raven stories for the first time in the original language.

A water main broke in Wrangell.  Alaska Seaplanes in Southeast now have new safety approaches in cloudy conditions. 

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School Board votes to close two elementary schools. Plus, a Wrangell teacher and high school wrestling coach is charged with assault, and Alaska's first-ever hybrid engine commercial fishing vessel is christened.

Ketchikan’s borough assembly approves a hotly debated KIC healing center rezone. After a Sitka student reported a sexual assault, the school was required, under Title IX, to conduct a thorough investigation – and there were holes in its process.

Fishermen in Southeast Alaska will be able to harvest about 70,000 more king salmon this season than last year. Plus, Senator Lisa Murkowski pays a visit to Sitka, and three of Alaska’s key shipping companies are set to hike rates amid fuel price increases.

Ketchikan’s new movie theater gets ready to open its doors. The Borough Assembly looks at their comprehensive trail plan.

The Forest Service invites local input on the Tongass management plan.  Ketchikan and Wrangell partner to make a Southeast Alaska Maritime Industrial Corridor.

The mayor of Ketchikan gives his annual State of the City address.  And, after a Sitka doctor is convicted of assaulting patients, a former Ketchikan colleague comes forward.

A labor union representing Ketchikan shipyard workers files three charges against the yard’s new operator. Plus,a rainbow pride Ravenstail robe is danced for the first time, and a library event in Sitka highlights stories from Alaska fisherman.

Towns across Southeast Alaska protest the Trump administration.  The U.S. Interior Department extends the deadline for public comment on subsistence management.

Ketchikan is expected to see over 1.6 million cruise ship passengers this summer. Plus, the Alaska Board of Fisheries votes down three proposals to limit hatchery production of pink and chum salmon, and a 90-year-old murder investigation is the subject of a new history exhibit in Petersburg.

The Ketchikan School Board delays school closures.  The Army Corps of Engineers looks into solutions for glacial outburst flooding in the Mendenhall Valley.

One year has passed since Ketchikan’s non-fatal Wolfe Point rockslide. Plus, a Pulitzer prize winning comic artist spends two weeks in Sitka teaching high school students how to analyze and create their own comics.

Ketchikan lost a contest that offered free construction of a tunnel to Gravina.  The commanding officer of a Ketchikan-based cutter was temporarily relieved yesterday.

A Ketchikan jeweler will have to pay $60-thousand to the state and restitution to customers for selling fake gold. Plus, a look at ways Alaskans without insurance can seek affordable healthcare, and youth from across the state present films they made highlighting the impacts of climate change and other environmental issues.