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-coronavirus-case/

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.