More on Southeast’s population trends. The US army plans to apologize to Wrangell this weekend. Christmas Day surfing on the Bering Sea. 

A Washington state man dies while exploring an abandoned mine on Prince of Wales Island; plus, the Ketchikan City Council moves ahead with a increase on electric rates; and, a task force is working on expanding child care options statewide. 

The Ketchikan Borough Assembly appoints a previous member to fill the seat recently vacated by Jeremy Bynum; plus, Juneau approves funding for a new housing complex; Petersburg’s student-run movie theater is in financial trouble; and, visitors travel to Haines to see the country’s newly designated national bird. 

Voting opens for the Ketchikan Indian Community tribal council and advisory health board; reflections from the family of a Juneau resident killed in a Christmas day police shooting; and, our Coast Alaska education series concludes with a story about preserving the traditional language in the remote Bering Sea community of St. Paul. 

Ketchikan receives a big snow that caught forecasters by surprise. Southeast Alaskans remember Jimmy Carter. An entry in CoastAlaska’s Evolving Education series about a remote school in the Aleutians.

The Ketchikan Indian Community opens a warming shelter in Ketchikan. PFD applications open across the state. The City Council is set to deliberate on a significant electric rate hike. We head up north to hear about the changing arctic. 

Ketchikan gets a new police chief and a new Port & Harbors director; plus, an overview of the Southeast Alaska crab fisheries opening in February; Petersburg’s harbormaster says the state’s harbors need more funding; and, our education series continues with a school in Skagway that tops test scores year after year.

As 2024 comes to a close, we look back on some of the biggest stories of the year, and reflect on how they shaped Ketchikan.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

As part of a CoastAlaska series on education, we’ll see how one remote Southeast school is working to keep kids safe; free Wi-Fi debuted on an Alaska Marine Highway ferry; and the small town of Gustavus is opening a food bank.

Those stories and more…

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

As part of a CoastAlaska series on education, we’ll go into a classroom to find out the challenges of learning and teaching reading; the community of Hoonah faces some hurdles in forming a borough; and a Native-run health consortium has acquired another healthcare facility in Juneau.

Those stories and more coming up…