KRBD Evening Report

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Southeast Alaska fishing regulations will be revised during a March meeting in Anchorage, leaving some feeling disenfranchised – plus, Ketchikan is almost out of at-home test kits, the school district needs substitute teachers, and ATVs are street-legal in Ketchikan.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Rain on snow makes for icy conditions in the southern panhandle – plus, record COVID-19 numbers as Prince of Wales Island and Metlakatla try to keep a lid on spread.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…Some schools in Southern Southeast are making changes as a wave of COVID-19 infections hits Alaska, applicants for Ketchikan Superior Court judgeships were announced earlier this week, and the community of Petersburg ended mask mandates in indoor public places. Those stories and more.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: The Race to Alaska is back on for 2022 – plus, a third arrest in a drug investigation that police say yielded thousands of fentanyl pills.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Two people are rushed to a clinic after a fiery car crash on an icy road near Klawock – plus, Ketchikan's City Council will again consider banning four-wheelers on roads within city limits.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly passed a resolution calling for Canadian regulators to halt development and expansion of transboundary mines, Metlakatla has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases, and we’ll also take a look back at events in 2021 in several Southeast communities.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…Due to an increase in COVID-19 cases ADF&G announced it’s postponing the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting that was set to start tomorrow in Ketchikan, we’ll also take a look back at events in 2021 in several Southeast communities.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…In person public testimony begins next Tuesday at the Board of Fisheries meeting in Ketchikan, Ketchikan’s Borough Assembly will consider a rezone of property along the waterfront promenade, and the CDD is asking Americans to avoid cruise ship travel.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…An Alaskan who’s been fishing in Southeast for over 50 years is honored by the Alaska Trollers Association, and after a severe windstorm Wrangell grapples with repairing critical infrastructure.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…Record low temperatures were reached in Ketchikan over the Christmas holiday and even colder temperatures are on the horizon; inmates at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau complained about the prison’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll hear results of an investigation; and staff shortages and other factors contribute to long lines at Eaglecrest Ski...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…With temperatures expected to be in the single digits this holiday weekend, homeless shelters are expecting additional strain on already limited resources; hundreds of illicit pills as well as heroin and meth were seized during a drug bust Wednesday; and the winners of the AARP Christmas Lighting Contest are announced. Those stories and more coming up.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Health authorities report Ketchikan's 15th COVID-19 death – plus, a Ketchikan-based hatchery nonprofit gets a new general manager.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A Ketchikan physical therapist faces child pornography charges – plus, Ketchikan's assembly gives preliminary approval to a rezoning request near Berth 4.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: How retreating glaciers could open up new habitat for salmon – plus, health officials urge vaccinations and testing to blunt the impact of the omicron variant.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan offers the top local police job to a New Orleans police commander – plus, borough officials are set to review a design contract for ballfield upgrades.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council will consider a $67 million budget that calls for higher taxes and more police officers – plus, a week of free ferry rides next month to celebrate 20 years of sailings on the Inter-Island Ferry Authority.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council will consider offering the job of police chief to a New Orleans police commander – plus, a program encouraging residents to shop local this holiday season is back for a second year.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board will consider resuming its search for a new superintendent – plus, state health officials are optimistic a statewide downward trend in COVID-19 cases will continue as Alaska's first case of the omicron variant is identified.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Another Ketchikan resident is reported to have died of COVID-19 complications as cases and hospitalizations remain high – plus, Ketchikan's wholesale power provider is raising rates for the first time in decades.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Free at-home test kits for COVID-19 will soon be available in Ketchikan – plus, questions remain about whether the Alaska Marine Highway System prioritized lawmakers over residents in scheduling ferries for Upper Lynn Canal.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Metlakatla takes a fishing rights dispute with the state to a federal appeals court – plus, delays in a marine highway ferry's return to service could cause Southeast communities to go without ferries for several weeks early next year.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A man is arrested in Craig on federal drug conspiracy charges – plus, Petersburg's borough assembly extends the community's mask mandate and a look at a new plan to manage crowds of tourists in Sitka.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's borough will join a national opioid settlement – plus, a year after landslides devastated Haines, the community is still recovering.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: A man is charged with attempted murder after a shooting in Metlakatla – plus, a federal judge rejects the state's challenge to a special subsistence hunt in the early days of the pandemic.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Royal Caribbean offers six figures to sponsor a tourist attraction along Ketchikan Creek – and Ketchikan's assembly is set to consider a new neighborhood plan for the Gravina Island community of Clam Cove.