KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Dan Ortiz has won the race for Alaska House District 36 — plus, Ketchikan's school board will recognize the area's indigenous people before each meeting

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Local officials say an outbreak in town is waning, and they don't anticipate big changes in Ketchikan despite a call from the governor to slow the spread of COVID-19 — plus, why bears in mid-November aren't all that out of the ordinary

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan school district officials stand by their decision to hold school board officer elections by secret ballot — plus, Sitka sends all students home after a coronavirus spike in town — and Juneau's Eaglecrest ski area plans to reopen this winter.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Despite high community spread, officials in Ketchikan stop short of calling for lockdowns — plus, religious preschool closes after a case of the coronavirus, and Prince of Wales Island's wolf harvest will go forward.

In this newscast: Metlakatla sees its first and second cases of COVID-19.

In this abbreviated KRBD Evening Report: Most of Ketchikan's middle- and high-schoolers will move to a mix of virtual and in-person classes, and Ketchikan's Borough Assembly looks at businesses left out of pandemic relief programs.

On this abbreviated edition of the KRBD Evening Report, Ketchikan's risk level rises to "high," and the City Council will return to the topic of LGBTQ civil rights on Thursday.

In this special update, we check in with voters and local officials in Ketchikan on Election Day.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: School will resume Tuesday at Ketchikan High School after a 24-hour closure following a COVID-19 case — plus, candidates pour money into ads for the House District 36 race, and rough weather downs power lines and prompts at least one landslide.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Travel industry figures and local officials are cautiously optimistic about the resumption of cruising — plus, a Metlakatla dies with COVID-19 – and Al Gross talks timber and the Tongass.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's pandemic alert level is back up to "moderate" — plus, crews start demolishing an iconic local grocery store — and Ketchikan's school board narrowly elects a new president.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Trump administration has decided to exempt the Tongass National Forest from the Roadless Rule — plus, the IFA is back in business: its ferry Stikine returns to service Friday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Landslides have been at least partially cleared on Prince of Wales Island — plus, Ketchikan Republicans rally to support the president and down-ballot candidates.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Prince of Wales Island sees at least seven landslides over major roads — plus, state officials propose a 16-day wolf trapping season for POW, but a lawsuit seeks to eliminate the season entirely.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:  A divided Ketchikan City Council on Wednesday opts to end the RFP process and maintain port management, and there will be an open season for wolves on Prince of Wales Island despite efforts to list the Southeast species as threatened. Those stories and more coming up.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:   Ketchikan’s borough assembly approves extending bargaining agreements, though one council member dissented and wants a cost of living increase for all borough employees to be considered, a march is held in Ketchikan in honor of late Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg, and Alaskan’s state-wide are reporting receiving threatening emails telling them how to...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report:  Hundreds took advantage of a flu shot clinic in Ketchikan. The event helps public health prepare in the event of mass vaccinations or medication distribution, a working group looking to make the Alaska Marine Highway System more efficient recommends cutting the size of the fleet, and the director of a fisherman’s association in Alaska is selected for a pre...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Some small business owners and local officials say they're concerned that keeping cruise tourists in a bubble would mean many locals are left out — plus, state attorneys move to dismiss a case asserting Metlakatla fishermen's right to fish in traditional waters outside the reserve's legal boundaries.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: In-person classes will resume Monday at Ketchikan High School after a student tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday — plus, absentee ballots flip election results in Thorne Bay.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan's city council will consider a deal that could provide it with a location for a pandemic-safe winter shelter — plus, federal officials announce millions in funding for a fiber optic connection to Prince of Wales Island.

Candidates for Alaska House District 36 face off in the last of KRBD's 2020 election forums. Republican Leslie Becker is challenging independent incumbent Rep. Dan Ortiz for a two-year term in the legislature.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan city officials will present their thoughts on three ideas for the future of Ketchikan's cruise ship docks tomorrow — plus, Ketchikan's school board will talk about how to get back to school after the holidays. All that and more coming up.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Final election results for Borough Assembly and school board are in, with no changes from in-person results — plus, Southeast's climate outlook for the fall is unclear, but the area could see more snow than usual due to La Nina.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Forest Service plans to hold public meetings on a logging proposal in the Carroll Inlet area — plus, the governor's ferry work group recommends shrinking the fleet, forward-funding the Marine Highway and creating an executive board.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Five new coronavirus cases announced yesterday bring the local total to eight active cases, and all of them are thought to be linked — plus, Don Young holds his ground on the Pebble Mine, and some unofficial results from Prince of Wales Island local elections.