KRBD Evening Report

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A totem pole carved for a Ketchikan couple's 50th anniversary finds a new home, Plus, Ketchikan High School's softball team ends their season with a state championship And, a look at what's on tap for the upcoming North Pacific Fisheries Management Council meeting in Sitka.

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board will consider giving tribal leaders more of a say in how the district spends federal grant money,       Plus, the Coast Guard evacuates a cruise ship passenger south of Ketchikan, And, a fire destroys a fishing and hunting business in Whale Pass.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A look at the three candidates running for Ketchikan's state House seat,      Plus, Alaska Seaplanes adds service to Wrangell, And, a traditional ceremony in Kodiak honors the former CEO of the local tribe who died in a helicopter crash.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council declines requests to cancel a Drag Queen Storytime,     Plus, Ketchikan's assembly wqill consider restoring funding for a local LGBTQ group, And, what to do if you encounter a bear outdoors this summer.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Celebration returns to Juneau next week,        Plus, COVID cases are up, but is it a surge? Also, a 40-pound king leads Sitka's salmon derby. And, how one Wrangell teacher has found ways to expand her classroom all over the world.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report… After two years without a traditional ceremony, the Kayhi Class of 2022 graduated at the Clarke Cochrane gym, details were announced today and the M/V Malaspina will remain in Ketchikan, and students in Petersburg map a glacier.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report... A three-digit suicide prevention hotline will soon be available to Alaskans, Alaska Natives in Sitka are preparing for a cultural celebration in Juneau, and students in Juneau celebrated books through cakes.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report… Semi-finalists for the City of Ketchikan/KPU manager position have been selected, Ketchikan’s school board approved contracts with a new Kayhi principal and special services professionals, and absentee in-person voting for the special primary election is underway. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…reported cases of COVID have spiked this past week in the First City, Ketchikan’s school board is slated to approve a contract for a new high school principal, and the cost of flights from Alaska to the Lower 48 has soared. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…Cruise ships have scheduled more stops in Southeast Alaska ports this season than ever before, we’ll hear about some of the challenges that’s posing, audio archives that focused on Southeast Native culture are now available to anyone, and the University of Alaska is looking to expand the state’s healthcare workforce. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report… Two Native corporations are partnering to add Klawock as a cruise destination, an affordable housing project in Juneau is being stalled by the city, and a federal class-action lawsuit claims the state failed to address known problems with the foster care system. 

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council rejects a property tax hike, Plus, Juneau is asking residents to go on vacation and rent their homes to athleses, And, a shortage of healthcare workers in Alaska.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A COVID-19 outbreak at Ketchikan's Pioneer Home has infected more than a dozen people,      Plus, Ketchikan's borough is asking residents to help shape its tourism strategy, And, the cruise industry and port communities announce an effort to try to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions from cruise ships.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council could raise property taxes at tomorrow's meeting,  Plus, two more Ketchikan residents have died of COVID-19, And, Haines welcomes its first cruise ship in more than two years.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's borough mayor follows through on a threat to veto funding for a local LGBTQ organization    Plus, the Coast Guard suspends a search for a woman who reportedly fell off a cruise ship near Haines, And, while cruise ships are required to report lots and lots of COVID data to authorities, little of that is public.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan residents march in support of abortion rights     Plus, Alaska had the biggest jump in overdose deaths in the nation last year, And, a former Tlingit and Haida chief justice is appointed to a federal commission to combat the epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous people.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's assembly is set to finalize next year's school budget         Plus, sneakers designed by Wrangell High School students make the top 5 in a national competition And, one roadblock to overcoming Alaska's shortage of nurses is finding enough instructors to train them.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A conversation with gubernatorial candidate and former Gov. Bill Walker Plus, Ketchikan's school board leaves a policy prohibiting supervisors from dating subordinates in place And, how a crew of researchers is searching for a lost cannery ship.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Scientists, artists and divers are searching for a ship lost a century ago in Southeast Alaska Plus, the state Senate approves a budget that includes $5,500 payments to residents And, the fentanyl craze fuels a need stronger overdose-reversing drugs.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Alaska's Senate votes to pay Alaskans $1,300 for high energy costs Plus, the by-mail election for Alaska's next Congressman is underway, and in-person voting starts later this month And, advocates teach harvesters how to take wild foods sustainably.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan advocates call for action to address the opioid crisis Plus, shellfish hatcheries are one step closer to becoming reality in Alaska, And, advocates are organizing a drive next week to try and match a six-year-old cancer patient with a bone marrow donor.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Sharing space with whales isn't always the easiest – so what should people do? Plus, it's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons' Awareness Day, And, time is running out for the Legislature to pass a bill recognizing Alaska's 229 tribes.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's borough mayor vetoes funding for a local LGBTQ organization, Plus, Ketchikan's city mayor gets an honorary doctorate. And, Ketchikan's city council will consider auctioning off vacant city property

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Why federal forest conservation policies like the Roadless Rule don't protect the Southeast Alaska rainforest from old-growth logging, Plus, Wrangell's elected leaders mull the future of the former community hospital building.