KRBD Evening Report
1,027 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsLocal and regional news from the newsroom at KRBD-FM in Ketchikan. Published every weekday evening.
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Thursday, April 4, 2024
April 05, 2024 01:08 - 14 minutes - 21.2 MBKayhi students walked out of class today in protest on Gov. Dunleavy's veto of SB140. Other student walkouts took place across Alaska. Airport parking rates are going up in Ketchikan starting this summer.
Friday, March 29, 2024
March 30, 2024 02:11 - 9 minutes - 9.99 MBAfter a heated discussion, the city council votes to extend First City Haven homeless shelter on a short-term basis. Also, a tribal healthcare provider is suing the federal government over costs it says it’s owed.
Monday, March 25, 2024
March 26, 2024 01:30 - 13 minutes - 19.7 MBWithout an increase to state education funding, the Ketchikan school board expects to be in the red. Chatting with a two-time champion of the other grueling, extreme race following the Iditarod. Alaska’s first-of-its-kind plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Friday, March 22, 2024
March 23, 2024 01:20 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBGrant Echohawk drops out of the race for the District 1 House seat. A land trust clashes with the National Park Service in Sitka. Mary Peltola talks fish and her reelection campaign.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
March 22, 2024 01:30 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBA regional landslide warning system for communities large and small. A new way to track fish. USDA funding to improve locally grown food. Troubles in the Sitka Sac Roe herring fishery.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
March 21, 2024 01:35 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBA major Alaska utility provider is moving its headquarters to Ketchikan, an onsite marijuana consumption business gets approved in Juneau, Sitka considers creating a Tourism commission, and leaders of a federal agency discuss resource development along Alaska coastlines.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
March 20, 2024 01:35 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBLegislators contemplate the future of Alaska education funding, Alaska’s biggest city considers regulating short-term rentals, humpback whales are going missing, and a Sitka reporter samples sushi in Japan.
Monday, March 18, 2024
March 19, 2024 01:38 - 12 minutes - 13.2 MBA new report lays out the state of Alaska’s aquaculture industry, Wrangell’s old hospital may turn into future housing, the Raptor Center in Sitka seeks a new director, and 16 tarantulas in Juneau find a new home.
Friday, March 15, 2024
March 16, 2024 01:30 - 14 minutes - 22.1 MBEC Phillips is announced as the buyer for Trident’s Petersburg Plant. Alaska reaches a multimillion dollar settlement with CVS for their role in the opioid crisis. We continue our journey through Japan in hot pursuit of Alaska herring. The Alaska legislature plan a task force to the address the seafood industry’s tailspin. The Juneau school district reacts to Gov. Dunleavy’s veto.
Thursday, March 14, 2024
March 15, 2024 01:36 - 12 minutes - 19.4 MBA Sitka-based company is buying a Ketchikan processing plant from Trident Seafoods, the deadline looms for Gov. Dunleavy’s decision on a bipartisan education bill, the Alaska legislature rejects executive orders, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose reports back from Japan.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
March 14, 2024 01:30 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBMayor Rodney Dial outlines the priorities in his “State of the Borough” address. A Ketchikan-raised weaver helps usher the craft into the next generation. SEADOGS to the rescue. We continue to follow the journey of Alaska herring in Japan.
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
March 13, 2024 01:14 - 13 minutes - 20.8 MBThe Ketchikan Fire department pushes back at a recent city council meeting. A Sitkan starts a nonprofit to limit cruise passengers. We continue to follow the journey of Alaska herring in Japan.
Monday, March 11, 2024
March 12, 2024 01:36 - 13 minutes - 13.6 MBTrident Seafoods is finalizing the sale of three processing facilities; borough assembly members consider changing the names of Ketchikan schools; a former Juneau hospital official accepts a plea deal; and a Sitka reporter follows locally caught herring on its journey to Japan.
Friday, March 8, 2024
March 09, 2024 02:07 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBA way forward for timber sales in Southeast Alaska. Across the state, public schools and parks grapple with new and old names.
Wednesday, March 6, 2024
March 07, 2024 19:41 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBRumors spread in Ketchikan this week about the death of a community member - so it came as a happy shock when he answered the phone. Alaska fishermen face even lower catch limits for halibut. An incredible run-in with a moose on the Iditarod Trail. Things get heated at the most recent meeting of the Sitka Assembly.
Monday, March 4, 2024
March 05, 2024 02:37 - 13 minutes - 14.2 MBKetchikan gets a new addiction treatment center. The Tongass National Forest gets a new management plan and some new staff positions. The feds say the state may owe millions of dollars in funding to Kenai, Juneau, and North Slope schools. A hydroelectric project on Admiralty Island that is four decades in the making gets the greenlight.
Friday, March 1, 2024
March 02, 2024 02:30 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBA new cultural tourism initiative in Juneau - plus, a cultural tourism conference in Sitka. Turnover in Mary Peltola's office. A dark and disturbing trial wraps up in Anchorage.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
March 01, 2024 02:35 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBThe Ketchikan Indian Community pushes for subsistence rights, an Alaskan actor reflects on her role in a popular HBO series, and state legislators introduce a bill to increase disaster aid.
February 28, 2024
February 29, 2024 02:03 - 14 minutes - 21 MBKetchikan gets blanketed with over a foot of snow and more might be on the way. Juneau greenlights major construction on the Eaglecrest Ski area. A Petersburg grocery store takes home an international award. A mythical mammal caused a stir in Denali.
February 27, 2024
February 28, 2024 02:21 - 14 minutes - 14.7 MBA Kayhi alum designs art for this year’s Celebration. SEARHC employees threaten to organize. A group in Juneau rallies around a ceasefire in Gaza. Updates from this weekend's sled dog races.
Monday, February 26, 2024
February 27, 2024 02:35 - 13 minutes - 19.5 MBAn Alaska Native group says the Canadian government is violating their human rights, Governor Dunleavy casts doubt on the future of a nearly-unanimously passed education bill, and a Southeast state representative discusses why she thinks that same bill would be a huge win for Alaska schools.
February 23, 2024
February 24, 2024 02:32 - 14 minutes - 14.4 MBTakeaways on housing from Sen. Sullivan's Saxman visit today. Gov. Dunleavy takes aim at protesters. Sport fishermen are delighted by the return of winter kings to some parts of Southeast, while others mourn their summer counterparts.
February 22, 2024
February 23, 2024 02:36 - 14 minutes - 21.1 MBJuneau considers how to spend the money raised from cruise ship fees; Senator Dan Sullivan suggests attacking Iran’s navy ahead of his visit to Ketchikan tomorrow; the state considers how to improve food stamp processing; and a Sitka scientist uses kelp to predict the future.
February 21, 2024
February 22, 2024 02:36 - 13 minutes - 20.4 MBThe Alaska Department of Fish and Game bars fishing for coveted hooligan in the waters around Ketchikan; state legislators consider the governor’s order for the Alaska Marine Highway Board; the Sitka School District hopes for additional state funding; and the U.S. Forest Service is building recreational cabins in Southeast Alaska.
February 20, 2024
February 21, 2024 02:35 - 13 minutes - 20.8 MBHometown U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski pushes for landslide preparedness, a new study questions the effectiveness of fishery surveys, the city of Sitka adds staff positions, and an Alaska company uses recycled fishing line to make handwoven rugs.
February 19, 2024
February 20, 2024 02:35 - 14 minutes - 21.2 MBThe Ketchikan City Council raises utility rates. Metlakatla Indian Community argues for fishing rights in federal court. And Petersburg educators struggle to fund schools.
February 15, 2024
February 16, 2024 02:35 - 14 minutes - 14.7 MBKayhi students show us why kindness matters. An Alaska fisheries writer talks about seafood market crashes. And the Sitka assembly votes down a tour bus regulation.
February 14, 2024
February 15, 2024 02:35 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBFishermen respond to a new bill on electronic monitoring in state fisheries. Love is on the air. Celebrating Valentine’s Day the Alaskan way.
February 13, 2024
February 14, 2024 02:16 - 14 minutes - 14.7 MBThe Ketchikan library book saga continues with a state complaint. Murkowski introduces a bill that could benefit Ketchikan’s waterfront. Alaska senators weigh in on foreign aid. A Sitka school hones in on a new name. Bulldozers close in on Juneau’s Telephone Hill neighborhood.
February 12, 2024
February 13, 2024 02:30 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBVolcano activity in Sitka. We go down the rabbithole, or the pothole, on a familiar topic in Ketchikan. Juneau builds more affordable housing. An update on SEARHC.
February 9, 2024
February 10, 2024 02:30 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBA house fire in Forest Park. A boutique opens in Ketchikan with a unique twist. A conservation group tries to get king salmon listed as endangered in Southeast Alaska. Juneau residents garbage is about to get more expensive.
February 8, 2024
February 09, 2024 02:35 - 14 minutes - 21.3 MBTroopers seize 15,000 fentanyl pills in Ketchikan. Juneau votes down the formation of a new Alaska borough. Petersburg schools crack down on cellphones.
February 7, 2024
February 08, 2024 02:23 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBRussian aircraft test the boundaries of US airspace near Alaska. A chiropractor accused of sexually assaulting patients appears in court. A bar in Juneau is nominated for a James Beard award. Southeast fishermen question the state's observer program, physical or digital.
February 6, 2024
February 07, 2024 02:14 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBThe 2024 Ketchikan Wearable Arts show wows attendees. AMHS cuts summer service. A PFD deadline gets extended.
February 5, 2024
February 06, 2024 02:23 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBA District 1 candidate for the Alaska House drops out of the race. Local artists and culture bearers collaborate on reducing plastic. A Juneau condo developer causes controversy.
February 2, 2024
February 03, 2024 01:40 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBTribes clash with the Canadian government over mining on the Unuk River. Boats head out from Kodiak for pollock season - over a week after the season started. Juneau breaks a white winter record. Further north, a sled dog musher comes close to doing the same.
February 1, 2024
February 02, 2024 02:34 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBA new bill is introduced in DC for a decades-old dispute over Cape Fox's unsettled lands. HBO’s new season of True Detective, set in a fictional Northwestern Alaska town, features some local talent. A real Northwestern Alaskan town builds the nation’s first deepwater port in the Arctic. Dispatches from the Dutch Harbor cod fishery and the Kensington mine.
January 31, 2024
February 01, 2024 02:35 - 13 minutes - 14.2 MBThe governor’s State of the State address and the preceding protests. More snow and an Irish band head to Southeast.
January 30, 2024
January 31, 2024 02:34 - 13 minutes - 14 MBAn artist from Ketchikan is recognized with a national award. Long after the tourists depart Juneau at the end of cruise season, they leave something behind. Communities across Southeast talk landslides.
January 29, 2024
January 30, 2024 02:03 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBSoutheast is battered by winds. Fish and Game announces the rules on rockfish. More on the governor’s executive orders. Alaska Quakers travel to Kake to apologize.
January 26, 2024
January 27, 2024 02:35 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBAn update in the case of the international drug trafficking ring sending narcotics by mail to Ketchikan. A new bill could tighten restrictions for hunting and fishing licenses. A conversation with a new member of Alaska’s oldest paper.
January 25, 2024
January 26, 2024 01:41 - 13 minutes - 13.9 MBRecapping the most recent wolf trapping season. Peering into a volcanic crater in Sitka. Petersburg’s tribal council swears in amid staffing changes.
January 24, 2024
January 25, 2024 02:30 - 13 minutes - 14.3 MBHow to engage with the Alaska legislature. Pinball wizards square off in Sitka.
January 22, 2024
January 23, 2024 02:20 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBArson is suspected in a fire over the weekend. Ketchikan’s newest wrestling team heads to Petersburg. Winter storms head to Juneau. Alaska fights a surge in STIs.
January 19, 2024
January 20, 2024 02:06 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBThe search continues for a missing person on Revilla Island. Traditional knowledge makes it into a Board of Fish policy session. A tour of a remote lighthouse in Frederick Sound.
January 18, 2024
January 19, 2024 02:00 - 17 minutes - 25.7 MBThe public makes their voice heard on library books in Ketchikan. The potential implications a US Supreme Court case could have on Alaskans. Remembering one of the Alaska journalism greats.
January 17, 2024
January 18, 2024 02:19 - 14 minutes - 14.5 MBA major Ketchikan criminal trial closes. The state legislature opens. KIC holds tribal elections. Petersburg shows support for fishermen in crisis.
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
January 17, 2024 02:50 - 14 minutes - 13.2 MBTonight on the KRBD Evening Report… We’ll hear about a deadly landslide in Juneau back in 1936 and lessons learned from that event, U.S. Representative Mary Peltola visited Wrangell late last month discussing natural disasters and the state of the landless bill, and a former Ketchikan couple commissioned a violin made of salvage wood from around Sitka.
January 12, 2024
January 13, 2024 02:07 - 14 minutes - 14.8 MBKPU races to identify lead pipes. A beloved basketball coach is remembered. District 2 House Rep. Rebecca Himschoot's plans for the upcoming legislative session.
January 11, 2024
January 12, 2024 02:30 - 13 minutes - 13.8 MBKetchikan School Board votes on vacation days. Sitka PD struggles with staffing. State legislators talk renewables.