Ketchikan's Borough Assembly grapples with the housing crisis this week, Juneau grapples with last year's record cruise season, and over in Petersburg, McQuaddle grapples with the meaning of life.

The length of the upcoming wolf hunting season on Prince of Wales Island remains a point of contention for some island residents and the Tlingit and Haida Tribes open an office in Washington. We’ll also take a look at Christmas trees in Juneau and invasive species across the state. 

We’ll give an update on the American Legion in Ketchikan which was destroyed in a fire in September and a street in Juneau gets a new name. Plus, we’ll look at an Alaska-raised composer with an unusual musical style and a statewide effort to sell land comes to Petersburg.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report, we’ll look at some of the big questions facing Ketchikan’s port vendor program plus “Can You See Me?”: a local artist opens a new exhibit in the Main Street Gallery and an unforeseen impact of a busy tourist season in Juneau. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

We’ll look at mental health services in Ketchikan and the gaps the First City is facing and a Sitkan tries to limit the number of cruise ship tourists passing through his city.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

The state’s DOT plans to invest $200 million to repair Ketchikan’s aging infrastructure over the next decade, and a local nonprofit has been awarded a grant to reduce teen drug use. Those stories and more coming up.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

A film crew wrapped up production in Ketchikan Sunday on a sci-fi feature film set in Ketchikan – we’ll hear from the writer/director who grew up in the First City – and we’ll hear about the city’s new tourism director.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

With nearly 7 inches falling in a 24-hour period, Ketchikan broke a record for October 17, the community of Whale Pass was hoping to pursue carbon credits to halt a nearby timber sale but the state say ‘no,’ and a Sitka pooch found her was home after being lost for month in the woods. 

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report…

Ketchikan’s status under federal subsistence rules could change from urban to rural if a proposal by the local tribe wins approval, and remnants of a typhoon is expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of Southeast.

Those stories and more coming up.

Tonight on the KRBD Evening Report….

We’ll look at some local and regional election results and hear reactions to a proposal to attempt to conserve wild king salmon stocks in Southeast.

Those stories and more coming up.