Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report...

A new nonprofit in Craig hopes to reclaim the Haida language, we'll hear from ADF&G commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang on the state of fish, and we'll step behind the curtain of the Alaska Independence Party. Those stories and more.

Some Ketchikan students spent spring break putting on a play based on a Tsimshian origin story. Gov. Dunleavy defends the state’s homeschooling program after a Superior Court ruled it unconstitutional. The issues around bycatch in the Bering Sea Pollock fishery boiled over at a recent meeting of the NPFMC.

Borough, city and Saxman leaders move forward with the disaster declaration stemming from last week’s South Tongass fire. AMHS finds a new way to fund projects across the state. The state’s homeschool system under fire. Alaska Native tribes see a rise in cultural tourism.

The Division of Forestry releases its plan for selling timber on Revilla Island. Peter Pan Seafoods shutters its doors. The US Interior Department begins initiative to document Native boarding school abuse. An extremely rare sight in Southeast Alaska – a bowhead whale. 

Ketchikan’s local leaders signed an emergency declaration today in response to this week’s South Tongass fire, an Alaska senator and congresswoman address the current state of Alaska fisheries, and a recent scientific paper examines when Southeast Alaska was first populated.

A sentence was handed down this week for the murder of Dr. Eric Garcia in Ketchikan. The first cruise ship of the season makes port in the First City. 

Wrangell is sending an ambulance to Ketchikan after this week's South Tongass fire. A Juneau group wants to keep cruise ships from coming on Saturdays. A new bill in the sate house aims to expand telehealth coverage.

Ketchikan residents woke up this morning to the South Tongass Fire Department engulfed in flames. A car accident on a remote road far outside of town. The Norwegian Bliss, the first cruise ship of the season makes its way towards Ketchikan. A Juneau high school swimmer makes history. Silver Bay Seafoods, Ketchikan’s soon-to-be newest seafood processor, is expanding.

A Metlakatla fish processor reopens for troll-caught kings. Mary Peltola stops into the KRBD studios to talk housing, mental health, and climate change preparedness.

Akeela, a substance abuse and behavioral health provider, is leaving Ketchikan. Ketchikan-based EC Phillips & Sons finalizes their foothold in Petersburg. Juneau considers using money from cruise passengers to combat the pollution they bring.