KRBD Evening Report

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: COVID-19 vaccinations are now open to all Alaskans over 16 -- plus, Ketchikan's school board is set to discuss budget priorities for next year.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Petersburg residents reflect on today's International Women's Day – plus, how streams in the Tongass National Forest fit into the global carbon cycle.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: With help from a tribal healthcare provider, Ketchikan is projected to have enough vaccine for half the adult population this month – plus, we check in on the status of the 2021 cruise season.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Drug and alcohol abuse treatment remains one of Ketchikan's biggest health needs, according to a new study – plus, Petersburg has one of the highest COVID-19 case rates in the nation.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: As Alaska prepares for a new election system, experts offer advice – plus, Ketchikan's borough assembly offers suggestions to close a school budget gap.

A cross-border watershed monitoring program wraps up, but tribes and scientists say there's still work to be done – plus, a company wants to buy some of Sitka's reservoir water, but local officials are skeptical.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: UAS Ketchikan librarians scramble to save books damaged by a burst pipe – plus, Petersburg comes together to support a 13-year-old boy fighting cancer.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Even without cruise ships, bacteria levels were still high at Ketchikan beaches this summer – plus, middle- and high-schoolers are heading back to classrooms in Ketchikan full-time next week.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Some Alaska communities haven't seen any COVID-19 cases and with vaccines going into arms, they're approaching herd immunity  – plus, as an outbreak grows in Petersburg, residents push back against pandemic restrictions.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan business are reckoning with another summer without cruise ships – plus, Alaska's governor tests positive for COVID-19.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board will consider whether to keep secondary schools half-full Wednesday – plus, Petersburg's largest COVID-19 outbreak to date is growing.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Federal aviation safety officials have finished their report on a fatal medevac plane crash in 2019, but they're not sure what caused the crash – plus, cruise industry figures predict a surge of passengers in Sitka next year.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Utility rates are going up in Ketchikan – plus, Ketchikan's borough joins a lawsuit to defend the Trump administration's rollback of the Roadless Rule.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's secondary schools will stay half-empty for another week, but some board members are pushing back against pandemic response officials' recommendations – plus, the pilot that crashed into waters near Port Townsend, Washington has been identified.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's City Council is set to vote tomorrow on whether to raise electricity and water rates– plus, a federal judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by Metlakatla Indian Community arguing that the tribe's fishermen shouldn't need state permits.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:   The legacy of Alaska Native civil rights leader Elizabeth Peratrovich is celebrated statewide and nationally, emergency VHF radio towers relied on by mariners throughout Southeast have been repaired, and recommendations by a climate change task force created in Sitka a decade ago are gaining new interest.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's borough is facing a multimillion dollar deficit for the next fiscal year, but officials say they won't have to cut jobs – plus, Sitka's school board is not backing away from its decision to ask the local tribe to help rename Baranof Elementary School.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school superintendent is out indefinitely after being medevaced for complications from COVID-19 – plus, Ketchikan middle and high schools will remain at 50% capacity for at least another week.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: More Alaskans will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine starting tomorrow – plus, a Ketchikan-based Tlingit master carver is named a United States Artists fellow.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Law enforcement officials say they seized a half-pound of heroin and 200-plus pills at the Ketchikan airport last week – plus, a new housing relief program is set to provide Alaskans with up to a year of rent.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Cruise lines and local tourism business figures push back against a city proposal to tweak its per-passenger tax – plus, it'll be cold all week across Southeast.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: An Alaska journalist was temporarily suspended from Twitter after live-tweeting a state senator's skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccine – plus, a longer commercial halibut season for 2021.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's school board dials back school capacity as local officials hike the pandemic risk level – plus, the 2021 cruise season is off, for now.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Southeast Alaska saw double-digit job losses between 2019 and 2020 – plus, Ketchikan's City Council is set to take up a proposal to reconfigure how it collects its head tax.

On tonight's KRBD Evening Report: Scientists say severe rainstorms in Southeast will become more common as the earth warms – plus, Ketchikan's borough takes the first step towards assuming responsibility for a local trail.