Eric Stone KRBD - Ketchikan

Anchorage, AK
May 2, 2023

Ketchikan city manager bans drag queen storytimes at the public library

Last year’s event was wildly popular. The library director said it was the biggest storytime on record. …

Anchorage, AK
May 2, 2023

Ketchikan city manager cancels drag queen storytimes at the public library

Last year’s event was wildly popular. The library director said it was the biggest storytime on record. …

Anchorage, AK
April 20, 2023

“We just let it rip”: Ketchikan trio Dude Mtn recalls their tour of Juneau with four shows

Some bands are hard to describe. Not Dude Mtn, says frontman and guitarist Cullen McCormick….

Anchorage, AK
April 7, 2023

Conservation groups sue EPA seeking rules for discharges from cruise ships and other vessels

The conservation groups say invasive species alone cause more than $9 billion in damage each year to public water supplies, industry and power plants. …

Anchorage, AK
March 24, 2023

Even a small bump in state funding could prevent layoffs at Ketchikan schools, superintendent says

Earlier this year, superintendent told the school board that the district was looking at deep, across-the-board staff cuts….

Anchorage, AK
March 20, 2023

Record high 1.5M cruise passengers expected in Ketchikan this summer

Some Fridays during the summer will see a total of seven large cruise ships tie up….

Anchorage, AK
February 21, 2023

Twenty pounds of meth concealed in tortillas on an Alaskan state ferry, were taken by law enforcement officials in Southeast Alaska

It’s become somewhat rare to see busts aboard state ferries. Many recent busts have been tied to air travel or the mail….

Anchorage, AK
February 9, 2023

Ketchikan schools, facing deep staffing cuts, look to Legislature for help

Ketchikan’s school district is looking at cutting about 15% of its workforce….

Anchorage, AK
February 6, 2023

Additional Southeast Alaska communities set to protest against lawsuits which threatens the king salmon fishery

Later this month, borough assemblies in Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg will consider adopting resolutions opposing a chinook shutdown….

Anchorage, AK
February 1, 2023

Ninth Circuit reaffirms Metlakatla’s off-reservation fishing rights but leaves extent up to lower court

A federal appeals court has affirmed Metlakatla tribal members’ right to fish in their traditional waters without state permits….

Anchorage, AK
January 20, 2023

Some Alaskans face a long trip home from Canada because of Matanuska ferry’s uncertain fate

Repairs to the ferry’s corroded steel will dramatically increase the cost of the overhaul, and the state isn’t sure what to do with the 60-year-old ship….

Anchorage, AK
January 4, 2023

Chief of Ketchikan Police indicted and placed on administrative leave

Prosecutors say Walls slammed a man against a stone wall and held him in a chokehold after the man stumbled into Walls’ wife’s chair….