KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Businessman John Binkley launches a group to support the governor in the recall fight — a cruise ship turned away in Asia over coronavirus fears is headed for Juneau after testing cleared all aboard — and an influential lawmaker says she didn’t like what she saw when she checked up on state ferries.

A new phase of the campaign to recall Alaska’s governor gets underway — the Sitka sac roe herring fishery likely won’t happen this year — and economists foresee several possible consequences of the coronavirus for Alaska, and they’re not universally terrible.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: One state children’s social worker covers three Southeast towns — state officials book private charters to fill ferry gaps — and speaking of ferry gaps, moving cars got a lot more expensive when the Matanuska broke down.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A rockslide severely damages a grocery store in downtown Ketchikan — Ketchikan students will face new high school graduation requirements next year — and many sound off both for and against a controversial road project between Kake and Petersburg.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Air crash investigators say too many planes go down in Alaska — the Ketchikan-area eulachon fishery is closed for the 15th year in a row — and lawmakers have yet to figure out how to help rural Alaskans get REAL IDs.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A new policy on epidemic diseases is up for debate at Wednesday’s school board meeting — signature gathering gets underway for the campaign to recall Alaska’s governor — and public records show most of Alaska’s congressional delegation didn’t get a resolution approved by Sitka assembly members.

In a Feb. 21 interview, Sen. Lisa Murkowski sat down with KRBD's Eric Stone to discuss Congress's war powers and election interference in the lead-up to the 2020 presidential election. This is the full interview from Murkowski's Ketchikan office. For a shorter version of this interview, check out the Feb. 24 edition of the KRBD Evening Report.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Sen. Lisa Murkowski talks presidential power and election interference — Amid legal threats, Skagway officials say they won’t renew a cruise dock lease with Carnival and Survey Point Holdings — and what the closure of a National Archives facility in Seattle means for Alaska. All that and more coming up. First, let’s take a look at the weather.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: State officials now say regional ferry service will remain shut down throughout March and into April — Alaska geoduck clam divers are stuck sitting on the beach for another fortnight — and Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she’s ready to get back to work on behalf of Alaskans.

Ketchikan’s City Council asks the state to put environmental monitors back on ships — the partial shutdown of the state ferry system means schools have to look for alternative transportation — and a look back at the 37-year career of Petersburg’s favorite bus driver.

Borough officials approve $100,000 for tourism projects in Saxman — how the ongoing mainline ferry shutdown jeopardizes seniors’ access to healthcare — and an audio postcard from Elizabeth Peratrovich Day celebrations in the civil rights leader’s hometown.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s city council will discuss a proposed undersea cable connecting the town with Metlakatla’s grid — plus, signature-gathering can start for the campaign to recall Gov. Mike Dunleavy — and, from Sitka, what if you took a middle school band’s sheet music and replaced it with a drawing?

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Though there are no confirmed cases in the state, some Alaskans are feeling ripple effects from the coronavirus — Saxman officials ask the borough for money to plan the town’s future — and there isn’t a bill in the legislature seeking to fix the budget gap. Why not? Plus, on-air valentines!

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s interim superintendent now has a two-year contract — The governor proposes a replacement for the Ocean Ranger program — and with state ferries largely shut down, some businesses are having trouble getting freight out of town.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A company vying to take over management of Ketchikan’s downtown cruise port answers questions about its plans — Alaskans turn out to support state ferries — and a new study says dead cedar trees could have business potential.

Ketchikan City Council approves three projects to make downtown more attractive to visitors — a Houghtaling fourth-grader wins the district spelling bee — and, how some Sitkans are handling childcare with too few daycares to go around.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: An application to guide tours on a local trail has some wondering how much is too much when it comes to tourism — Skagway considers ideas for the future of its port — and scientists discover a 220-million-year-old reptile species near Kake.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Cruise lines meet with the Coast Guard and port officials and talk tugs — A no-bid state contract is raising some eyebrows — and Wrangell residents react to the governor’s cancellation of a visit to two Southeast towns.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: All but one route on the Alaska Marine Highway System will remain shut down until at least March — Ketchikan’s city council will consider downtown beautification Thursday — and a Haida master weaver wins a prestigious arts fellowship.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Windy weather downs trees and knocks out power — Ketchikan’s borough assembly will consider marijuana regulations — and when Governor Mike Dunleavy visits Wrangell, he’s likely to hear a lot about ferries.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A local man is arrested with bomb-making supplies — Some communities are left out of the draft summer ferry schedule — and Sitka’s assembly considers updating its 50-year-old city seal, one that evokes a painful past for some.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan city officials reveal some details of proposals to revamp Ketchikan’s cruise ship docks — Lawmakers consider a bill that would dial back Pioneer Home rate hikes — and KTOO’s Matt Miller tags along with a heli-ski guide to assess avalanche conditions in Juneau.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s school board is looking for applicants to fill another vacancy —The Alaska Forest Association has a new executive director — and the second half of KCAW’s Robert Woolsey’s interview with state Sen. Bert Stedman.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: As Ketchikan officials prepare to review port proposals, we look back at how the project began and evolved — Lynn Canal communities deal with transportation woes — and KCAW’s Robert Woolsey sits down with Ketchikan’s state senator to talk state finances.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan City Council will review three proposals to revamp the downtown docks Tuesday— Ketchikan will be home to one of the two first cannabis cafes — and a new virus that has officials on edge pops up in Seattle. All that and more coming up.