KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Private developers clear another hurdle in their effort to build a cruise ship dock on Ward Cove — Ketchikan’s borough assembly will consider whether to join a collaborative to collect online sales taxes — and the hydroelectric lakes that power southern Southeast are refilling.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: We’ve got a closer look at developers’ plans for a proposed cruise ship dock on Ward Cove — Two hunters are safe after a rescue near Klawock — and a survivor of a separate boating tragedy recounts that fateful night.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Environmentalists are concerned about changes to the wolf hunting and trapping season on Prince of Wales Island — a look at a new salmon-centric paradigm from some in Sitka — and the city of Hoonah’s plans for a borough bump up against Juneau’s annexation plans.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A woman was injured during a rollover vehicle accident Sunday, Sitka looks to move forward with the sale of a utility dock, and warming temperatures are causing dramatic changes in Alaska.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Officials say Alaska’s airports will continue to stock firefighting foam with PFAS — Producers of PBS’s Molly of Denali ask kids not to wear her Native dress this Halloween — and Esports are gaining steam in Alaska’s high schools.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Two liquor license applications in Saxman are generating some heated discussion — a local timber company says tariffs are an ongoing challenge — and there’s a movement to rebrand Alaska Day from some in Sitka.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s former fire house goes up for auction at City Hall — Ketchikan’s school board wants to include Alaska Native voices in the hiring process — and there’s a bear hanging around downtown Sitka.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A regional fish hatchery nonprofit says it has to make changes after poor runs — we recap highlights from recent city and borough meetings — and new research indicates “the blob” was good news for rockfish.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s water manager blames mountain goats and climate change for high bacteria levels in Ketchikan’s raw water — We preview tomorrow’s school board meeting — and a new ballot initiative seeks to raise state oil taxes.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Army Corps declines to hold a public hearing on a proposed Ward Cove megaship dock — Tourism industry leaders weigh in on the proposed rollback of the Roadless Rule — and commercial dive fishing is off to a mixed start.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A rezone on Knudson Cove is up for another hearing at Monday’s assembly meeting — the Trump administration wants to exempt the Tongass from the “roadless rule” — and a remote gold mine in Southeast looks to expand. Those stories and more on tonight's Evening Report. We're off Friday for Alaska Day, but we'll be back Monday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Governor Dunleavy wants the White House to fast-track a new mine project — the Prince Rupert ferry link has been temporarily restored — and the Coast Guard warns of widespread disruption to VHF channel 16. Those stories and more on tonight's KRBD Evening Report.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s city council is asking for bids to upgrade the downtown docks — a bizarre case in Wrangell is headed for trial — and two bears were killed for hanging around homes and businesses on Mitkof Island. We'll be off Monday. And Tuesday, we'll be pre-empted by the Democratic debate, so we'll be back Wednesday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: The Ketchikan Arts Council opens a new online gallery — we recap last night's school board meeting — Norwegian Cruise Line will pay for emissions monitoring in Skagway — and BP’s transition out of Alaska has many workers in limbo

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: An explosion and rock slide closed North Tongass Highway for about seven hours last night — we recap election results on Prince of Wales Island and in Metlakatla — and Wrangell secures federal money for a new water treatment facility. All that and more is coming up.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: We take a look at a controversial rezone request before the borough assembly — a number of small policy changes are on the school board’s agenda for tomorrow — and state funding cuts leave public radio station managers scrambling to make up the difference.

Three mariners were rescued from a burning boat near Ward Cove on Friday — Fairbanks researchers are exploring new ways to find water that could help interplanetary explorers — and it’s Fat Bear Week at Katmai National Park.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s city council asks the state to help fund a new domestic violence shelter — the borough assembly will hear comments about a rezone near Clover Pass — and a new report says logging in the Tongass costs taxpayers millions.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: With the election in the rearview mirror, we talk voter turnout with the city and borough clerks. Also tonight, SEAPA says hydropower reservoirs are on the rebound — and deer hunting season gets underway near Petersburg.

Today on the KRBD evening report, we take a look at municipal election results in Ketchikan, on Prince of Wales Island, and all around Southeast Alaska.

Voters head to the polls for Election Day — Sitka chooses a new city administrator — and wildlife cameras track deer populations near Petersburg.

The last ferry leaves Ketchikan for Prince Rupert — Election Day is tomorrow — British Columbia promises mining reforms — and a rare fall brown bear hunt gets underway in Central Southeast.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough Mayor candidates debate the issues in a Chamber of Commerce forum — the moose hunting season gets underway in Central Southeast — and Sitka students walk out to protest inaction on climate change.

Many Ketchikan residents want a public hearing on the Ward Cove megaship dock – a Monday structure fire leaves three pets dead – and Juneau’s most contentious elections deal with the city’s arts venues.