KRBD Evening Report

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: PeaceHealth Ketchikan Medical Center will restrict visitors and screen people coming in for coronavirus symptoms. Plus, providers look for ways to help Juneau’s homeless population amid the pandemic — and the Kake Road sees pushback from Kake residents. Note: This podcast contains a story that did not air on KRBD on 3-19 — state officials announced Ketchikan's s...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: A borough employee takes to social media to share that he’s the Ketchikan area’s first case of the coronavirus. Plus, Ketchikan students are out of school until at least March 6, and some local stores will hold special hours for people most vulnerable to the coronavirus.

Tonight on the KRBD evening report – local authorities declare an emergency and shutter more public facilities. Plus, senior meals across Southeast Alaska are being canceled due to coronavirus fears. All that and more — tonight on the KRBD Evening Report.

Canada has closed its ports to ships with more than 500 people — so what does that mean for Alaska? Plus, Ketchikan’s school district extends spring break amid coronavirus concerns. All that and more coming up. Not in this podcast: Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Friday evening that schools statewide would be closed to students through the end of the month. Read more here: https://www.alaskapublic.or...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Two cruise companies announce they’ll suspend sailings for several weeks — we’ll have more on what that means for Ketchikan. Plus, the state ferry Tazlina is back in service. Not in this podcast: state officials announced Alaska's first coronavirus case Thursday night. Read more here: https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/03/12/alaska-announces-states-first-coronavi...

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: With the coronavirus impacting Asian markets, Ketchikan may see more cruise ship calls this summer. We’ll have information on that and measures Ketchikan officials are taking to prepare for the illness. The borough assembly approves foods trucks in downtown, and the ferry Matanuska is in Ketchikan for repairs.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Because of threat of the coronavirus, health experts are advising against cruise ship travel. What might that mean for Southeast? And State ferry service is resuming in some communities, but there are still concerns about availability of service.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: Ketchikan’s emergency manager discusses preparations for the coronavirus — Tatsuda’s may not be going away, after all — and Ketchikan’s borough assembly is set to discuss food trucks and housing Monday.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report: An executive from SSA Marine stops by to chat about his company’s bid to redevelop Ketchikan’s port — Gov. Dunleavy promises millions to fight coronavirus — and the founder of one of Alaska’s largest homegrown marine tourism companies has died.

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.